Table of Contents
Introduction Dean Karnazes xi
1 Starting Out
1 The Circle Is the Only Geometry Matt Fitzgerald 1
2 How I Found My Running Partner Marie Duffoo 5
3 Real Runners Marjorie Woodall 9
4 The Side Effect of Fear Ron Kaiser, Jr. 11
5 Tale of a Former Slowpoke Claire Howlett 13
6 To Kingdom Come Carol McAdoo Rehme 17
7 Dark Morning Running Jill Barville 20
8 Taking a Leap of Faith Marianne Mousigian 23
9 The Jogging Mommy Beth Braccio Hering 25
10 Who Knew? Diane Stark 28
2 Running Therapy
11 The Sanctity of the Run Luci L. Creery 35
12 Alive Tammy Ruggles 38
13 The Secret Tina Bausinger 41
14 Moving Forward Amanda Southall 43
15 Changing Course Jennifer Freed 46
16 Running Meditation Cristina M. Cherry 48
17 The Marathon Miracle Allen R. Smith 51
18 Full Circle John P. Buentello 56
19 To Celebrate Carla O'Brien 59
20 How Motherhood Made Me a Better Runner and Vice Versa Lisa Levin Reichmann 63
21 I'd Only Just Begun Rita Lussier 67
3 Camaraderie
22 The Kindness of Runners Mark Remy 73
23 The Pre-Dawn People Dana Martin 77
24 I Am a Hasher Jeff Hoyt 81
25 That Should Have Been a Left Dena Harris 84
26 Cross Country Isn't for Wimps Bob Dickson 87
27 Running Blind Carolyn Magner Mason 90
28 Trail and Error Shelby Gonzalez 94
29 Who Is Robert DeVille? Lee Hammerschmidt 97
30 Running with Geezers Dena Harris 99
31 Give 'em the Knuckles Tim Brewster 103
4 Comebacks
32 The New York Marathon after 9/11 Lindsay Nielsen 109
33 Triumph Over Tragedy Scott Moloney 113
34 Racewalking Charles Boyle 118
35 The Warrior Woman Ron Kaiser, Jr. 121
36 Bumps in the Road Lori Hein 123
37 A Runner Kathleen Shoop 126
38 Why I Run Cindy Hanna 129
39 Dreams Dr. Tim Maggs 132
40 Through Grit Alone Scott Rigsby 136
41 Deena Kastor Greg Woodburn 140
5 Everyday Adventures
42 Miracle on the Run Josh Cox 147
43 Nowhere to Go J.M. Penfold 153
44 How Not to Jog Sharon Van Zandt 156
45 Morning Run Elizabeth Kathryn Gerold-Miller 160
46 The God of the iPod James S. Fell 162
47 Waterworks Christina Dymock 167
48 Keith's World Jenny R. George 170
49 The Truth about the Winter Runner Mark Spangler 173
50 Cleansing the Soul Machille Legoullon 176
51 Initially I Was Alone Gil D. Hannon 178
52 Race Day Amy Stockwell Mercer 180
6 Family Ties
53 The Best Race of My Life Dean Karnazes 187
54 Running Home Melissa Blanco 190
55 My Running Partner Bettie Wailes 193
56 Recovered Memories Mike Sackett 196
57 T-Shirt Tales Samantha Ducloux Waltz 200
58 Cosmic Engineering R. Mike Bennett 204
59 Extreme Corps Marathon and Stars Connie K. Pombo 207
60 Saints at the Races Diane Shaw 212
61 Marathon Mom Bonnie West 216
62 Sharing More Than a Jog Erin Liddell 219
7 A Step at a Time
63 Finding Inspiration in Each Other Roy Pirrung 225
64 Running with the Wolf Pack Roberta Beach Jacobson 229
65 The Lion's Prey Ginger Herring 231
66 Running for My Life Chris Salstrom 234
67 From Smoking to Hot Erika Tremper 237
68 Inspired to Run Jennifer Lee Johnson 240
69 The Most Dedicated Ben Mueller 242
70 The Shelf Curse Sherrie Page Najarian 245
71 First Step Fallon Kane 248
8 Fortitude
72 Listen to Yourself Lisa Smith-Batchen 255
73 My Love for Ultrarunning Michelle Barton 258
74 40 on 40 Melissa Butler 261
75 A Lesson in Running P.R. O'Leary 264
76 Changing My Story Amy Moritz 267
77 Running with Joy William Sanchez 270
78 Running through Denial Julie Bradford Brand 273
79 When Life Hands You a Lemon Bobbie Jensen Lippman 276
80 Heat Stroke Ron Kaiser, Jr. 280
81 To Finish the Race Nancy Liedel 284
82 Mile 24 Christine A. Brooks 287
9 Interesting Places
83 Push Katie Visco 293
84 Women Can Run Too Rachel Jones 295
85 A New Road Marian Tascio Friedrichs 300
86 You Can Go Home Again Janine Fleury 303
87 You Can Run, But You Can't Hide Courtney Gilman 306
88 The Granddaddy Samantha Ducloux Waltz 311
89 Footprints around God's World Kathryn Schneeman 314
90 Each Step an Offering Eli Shostak 318
91 The Broken Toe Michael Brennan 323
10 Moving on to Triathlons
92 Ironman Lindsay Nielsen 331
93 The Terror of Tri Melissa Dymock 336
94 Racing with Heart Carrie Monroe 339
95 In It to Finish Chuck Matsoff 342
96 Saying Boo to Cancer Molly Hensien 346
97 Tweny Years to Reach a Pipe Dream Karen Gray-Keeler 349
98 The Heart of an Ironman Tricia Downing 352
99 Racing Back Elena Aitken 357
100 Competing Voices Christina Kapp 360
101 Triathlete Grandma Bonnie Schey McClurg 364
Meet Our Contributors 367
Meet Our Authors 382
Thank You! 384
