Celebrate National Library Week!
This year's theme, “Find the Library at Your Place,” highlights how libraries are offering virtual services and digital content their communities need now more than ever. You can even check out digital books about running. *NOTE: I indicated availability at my local library. Check your local library’s website/catalog for availability in your community.
Here are a few suggestions:
End of the World Running Club, by Adrian J. Walker
Running with Sherman, by Christopher McDougall
Most people are familiar with Christopher’s book, Born to Run, which is a great read, too. However, Running with Sherman, is about running a race with a rescue donkey! Christopher’s family rescues and adopts a donkey named Sherman. He was in terrible shape, couldn’t walk and was extremely fearful. His previous owners never let him out of the barn! So Sherman not only needed physical healing, he also needed mental healing. And, most important to Sherman’s healing process, he needed a “job.” That’s where burro racing comes into his story. Burro racing is a sport indigenous to the State of Colorado which is deeply rooted in the state's mining heritage. Christopher’s family, friends, and other animals worked together to prepare Sherman for the race. It turns out helping Sherman had greater rewards for the humans. A wonderful, “feel-good” book!!!
*Overdrive - eBook & eAudiobook
What I Talk about When I Talk About Running, by Haruki Murakami
If you’re looking for a book on how to run, how to run fast, or a training log, this isn’t it. This is a meditative memoir on long-distance running and an invitation to “imagine that every mile is a journey further into yourself.” Haruki shares his experiences through “travelogue,” memories, and insights. He reflects upon the influence running has had on his life and, most importantly, on his writing. What I Talk about When I Talk about Running was my introduction to Haruki’s writing and the beginning of my “journey further into” reading fiction. His Wild Sheep Chase would not have been anywhere on my reading radar if not for this book about “running.” A good author always leads you down new paths, Haruki Murakami definitely did!
*Overdrive - eBook & eAudiobook; Hoopla - eAudiobook
A post-apocalyptic survival tale about an overweight, lazy, selfish, man (Ed) who must run across England if he is ever to see his family again. After he completely ignores warnings for weeks, the universe rains down the apocalypse from the sky. Stranded on the other side of the country from his wife and children, Ed must push himself to run across a devastated wasteland to get back to them. Not the greatest novel ever written, but entertaining once you get past the urge to slap some sense into Ed!
*Hoopla - eBook & eAudiobook; Overdrive - eBook & eAudiobook
*Hoopla - eBook & eAudiobook; Overdrive - eBook & eAudiobook
Most people are familiar with Christopher’s book, Born to Run, which is a great read, too. However, Running with Sherman, is about running a race with a rescue donkey! Christopher’s family rescues and adopts a donkey named Sherman. He was in terrible shape, couldn’t walk and was extremely fearful. His previous owners never let him out of the barn! So Sherman not only needed physical healing, he also needed mental healing. And, most important to Sherman’s healing process, he needed a “job.” That’s where burro racing comes into his story. Burro racing is a sport indigenous to the State of Colorado which is deeply rooted in the state's mining heritage. Christopher’s family, friends, and other animals worked together to prepare Sherman for the race. It turns out helping Sherman had greater rewards for the humans. A wonderful, “feel-good” book!!!
*Overdrive - eBook & eAudiobook
If you’re looking for a book on how to run, how to run fast, or a training log, this isn’t it. This is a meditative memoir on long-distance running and an invitation to “imagine that every mile is a journey further into yourself.” Haruki shares his experiences through “travelogue,” memories, and insights. He reflects upon the influence running has had on his life and, most importantly, on his writing. What I Talk about When I Talk about Running was my introduction to Haruki’s writing and the beginning of my “journey further into” reading fiction. His Wild Sheep Chase would not have been anywhere on my reading radar if not for this book about “running.” A good author always leads you down new paths, Haruki Murakami definitely did!
*Overdrive - eBook & eAudiobook; Hoopla - eAudiobook
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