{"product_id":"personal-record-a-love-affair-with-running-paperback","title":"Personal Record: A Love Affair with Running - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Toor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Toor was a bookish egghead who ran only to catch a bus. How such an unlikely athlete became a runner of ultramarathons is the story of \u003ci\u003ePersonal Record\u003c\/i\u003e, an exhilarating meditation on the making, and the minutiae, of a runner's life. The food, the clothes, the races, the injuries, and the watch are all essential to the runner, as readers discover here, and discover why. A chronicle of Toor's relationship with the sport of running, from her early incarnation as an Oreo-eating couch potato to her emergence as a hard-bodied marathoner, this book explores the sport of running, the community it brings into being, and the personal satisfaction of pursuing it to its limit. An homage to running, a literary take on how an activity can turn into a passion and how a passion can become a way of life, Toor's book runs all the way from individual achievement--a personal record--to the world of friendship and community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Toor teaches writing at Eastern Washington University and is a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e and a senior writer for \u003ci\u003eRunning Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pig and I\u003c\/i\u003e (available in a Bison Books edition) and \u003ci\u003eAdmissions Confidential: An Insider's Account of the Elite College Selection Process\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Yale University, she received an MFA from the University of Montana and currently lives in Spokane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.58 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50321174364397,"sku":"9780803234260","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/GgJ7Ql6aiq9780803234260.webp?v=1784789440","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/personal-record-a-love-affair-with-running-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}