Friday, October 8, 2010

Book - "Running for my Life" by Ray Zahab

Just finished reading a short but nice book titled "Running for my Life".
An ultra-marathoner, Ray Zahab, describes how running changed his aimless life as a chronic smoker. Through ultramarathons (160km desert runs, 333km runs, running in the Artic, runs in the Amazon jungle... ), he talks about failing badly, running through all the interesting places he competes in and the warmness of the hard-as-nails people who run as passionately as him. Through running, besides discovering his life's purpose, he found love too.

He describes running as entering a strangle peaceful state. When running, he just focuses on putting one foot in front of the other, maintaining smooth breathing, just listening to his mp3s and being alone with his thoughts.

Weird how running parallels life, the ultimate marathon.


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