Runner as Hero - by Jay Kimiecik & Doug Newburg (Paperback)

About the Book

This book explores the world of aging, training, and performing through a self-experimental, self-reflective lens, merging science, mythology, and performance psychology. The result is a fascinating, inspiring tale about how living as an athlete can serve as a motivational met...

Book Synopsis

This book explores the world of aging, training, and performing through a self-experimental, self-reflective lens, merging science, mythology, and performance psychology. The result is a fascinating, inspiring tale about how living as an athlete can serve as a motivational metaphor for feeling alive and getting good-in practically anything.

Review Quotes

[A] marvelous "Everyman" book...readers get plenty of philosophy, mixed with daily running challenges, to tug us along.

A comfortable and "likeable" exchange...put[s] emotional and spiritual meaning to the physical act of running; and...liberates our greatest and most authentic human potential.

A magical memoir of a masters athlete in search of his inner track star...expertly weaves in state-of-the-sport research.

Rules that pertain to running in Runner As Hero apply to other activities. This caulks an important void and makes it much more than a book about running.

The ultimate in passion is to try to be the best that you can be, and in running there is no better metaphor. And there is no better book I have read that delves as deeply into this relationship than Runner as Hero.

About the Author

Jay Kimiecik, PhD, is a professor at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and co-founder of the Well-Being Way. He is the author of The Intrinsic Exerciser: Discovering the Joy of Exercise and Y Personal Fitness Program (YPFP) for the YMCA, used in over 500 YMCAs in North America.
Doug Newburg, PhD, is the co-founder of Powered by Feel. He has interviewed and worked with hundreds of world-class performers in sports, business, aeronautics, the military, and education. He is the author of The Most Important Lesson No One Ever Taught Me, A Pearl's Promise, and Powered By Feel. Newburg lives in Colorado and Florida, continuing to be active by bicycling and rollerblading.