Life Is a Marathon: A Memoir of Love and Endurance -

Matt Fitzgerald

Da Capo Lifelong Books

2019

288 páginas

9h 36m

ISBN-10: 0738284777

An endurance athlete and coach reveals how the marathon transforms the lives of everyone who attempts it--and how it has helped his own family cope with serious adversity

Step after step for 26.2 miles, hundreds of thousands of people run marathons. But why--what compels people past pain, lost toenails, 5.30 am start times, The Wall? Sports writer Matt Fitzgerald set out to run eight marathons in eight weeks across the country to answer that question. At each race, he meets an array of runners, from first timers, to dad-daughter teams and spouses, to people who'd been running for decades, and asks them what keeps them running. But there is another deeply personal part to Matt's journey: his own relationship to the sport--and how it helped him overcome his own struggles and cope with his wife Nataki's severe bipolar disorder.

A combination of Matt's own How Bad Do You Want It? and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Life Is a Marathon captures the magic of those 26.2 miles. At the end of the day--and at the end of the race--the pursuit of a marathon finish line is not unlike the pursuit of happiness. You will pick up the book for a powerful personal story about what running does for the people for whom it does the most. You will put it down with a greater understanding of what it means to be alive in this world.

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a vida é mesmo como uma maratona!

esse é um daqueles livros que te prende logo nas primeiras páginas. matt é expert nessa ferramenta e abusa da mesma para prender o leitor em cada capítulo. buscando a "magia da maratona", ele se inscreve em 8 provas pelos EUA, sempre atrás de uma boa história ou de inspiração para que consiga entender o que é que a maratona tem que cativa milhões mundo afora. mesmo enfrentando enorme desafios pessoais com sua esposa, que tem síndrome bipolar, é capaz de nos apresentar personagens fundamentais em sua busca. se você corre por hobby ou é corredor profissional, o livro é obrigatório. eu, que venho treinando para minha primeira maratona, vou aproveitar e muito várias passagens do livro. vale muito a pena a leitura e cada novo capítulo te prende mais que o anterior.