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The Perfect Mile (Read 569 times)

EnjoyTheRide


Future running partner.

    posted: 6/3/2008 at 2:57 PM
    modified: 6/25/2008 at 9:02 AM
    Here is a review. The Perfect Mile book review. It's the same guy that wrote Seabiscuit and uses much the same style. I found this book very inspiring and actually sparked my interest to get back into running.
    Carl A


      posted: 6/25/2008 at 9:20 AM
      Just finished Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, so this is a good time for The Perfect Mile recommendation - I need to get to the library before the Krakauer book is due. Thanks! Incidentally, the opposite of what you wrote about The Perfect Mile holds for Into Thin Air; this tragic book is written so well that I occasionally felt physically breathless, and was often glad that I cannot afford the expense of time or money that high-altitude mountaineering demands. However, in a way, I must admit that the allure of the mountains remains.

      Speed my steps along your path, according to your will.

      AaronC


      I run for Fried Chicken!

        posted: 7/14/2008 at 9:20 PM
        I just picked up "The Perfect Mile" at the library today. Planning on reading it while I'm on vacation. Looks like it should be an interesting read.
        Carl A


          posted: 8/1/2008 at 2:27 PM
          Finished The Perfect Mile today. What an awesome book!

          Speed my steps along your path, according to your will.

          Doug B


            posted: 4/8/2011 at 1:04 PM
            Quote from EnjoyTheRide on 6/3/2008 at 2:57 PM:
            Here is a review. The Perfect Mile book review. It's the same guy that wrote Seabiscuit and uses much the same style. I found this book very inspiring and actually sparked my interest to get back into running.

             

            Laura Hillenbrand wrote Seabiscuit.  Not Neal Bascomb.

             

            but Hillenbrand does have a book out related to running... Unbroken.  I'm not sure if I'll read that or not.  I'm unsure how much they go into him being "saved" as a born again by Billy Graham.  I'm not really into reading that. 

             

             

             

             

            beef


            Ostrich runner

              posted: 4/8/2011 at 8:57 PM

              Unbroken talks about the Billy Graham stuff and where it comes from, but certainly doesn't have any proselytic hype. I sighed a bit when I got to that part, but it didn't end up bothering me. 

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