Life Is a Marathon: A Memoir of Love and Endurance

Written by:
Matt Fitzgerald
Narrated by:
Jamie Renell

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
5
Narrator
3
Release Date
March 2019
Duration
9 hours 14 minutes
Summary
An endurance athlete and coach reveals how the marathon transforms the lives of everyone who attempts it--and how it has helped his own family cope with serious adversity

Step after step for 26.2 miles, hundreds of thousands of people run marathons. But why--what compels people past pain, lost toenails, 5.30 am start times, The Wall? Sports writer Matt Fitzgerald set out to run eight marathons in eight weeks across the country to answer that question. At each race, he meets an array of runners, from first timers, to dad-daughter teams and spouses, to people who'd been running for decades, and asks them what keeps them running. But there is another deeply personal part to Matt's journey: his own relationship to the sport--and how it helped him overcome his own struggles and cope with his wife Nataki's severe bipolar disorder.

A combination of Matt's own How Bad Do You Want It? and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Life Is a Marathon captures the magic of those 26.2 miles. At the end of the day--and at the end of the race--the pursuit of a marathon finish line is not unlike the pursuit of happiness. You will pick up the book for a powerful personal story about what running does for the people for whom it does the most. You will put it down with a greater understanding of what it means to be alive in this world.
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Marjan B.

Come on Matt...totally disappointed...after "Iron War", "Diet Cults", "How Bad do you want it" etc...this one was not needed at all...OR at least not in the section of Fitness, Run and it should be expressly advised that "THIS IS NOT A RUNNING BOOK" and has very little connection to running...it's more about Matt and how he met the woman of his life and is not giving up on her besides all of the bipolar attacks she experiences, and YES, the attacks are very detail in this book, so go ahead and listen to the same thing over and over about 5-6 times...Sorry Matt but this was BAD BOOK!

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Shane B.

Very good read which details the authors personal life, combining running, his home life and people that Matt has met along the way.

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