Pictured: My dad's books about running.
@Kammbia1 asked about novels about running, so I asked my dad, who has coached numerous state champ runners and teams (including 5 consecutive State Champion Cross Country teams) and ran literally every day until his legs prevented it.
"If you're looking for fiction, anything not written by John L. Parker Jr. is trash," he said before rattling off a half-dozen titles, all tagged in the comments.
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Prequel to Once a Runner![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Racing the Rain: A Novel 7y
Racing the Rain: A NovelTobeyTheScavengerMonk Sequel to Once a RunnerAgain to Carthage: A Novel 7y
Again to Carthage: A NovelTobeyTheScavengerMonk Tagging @Alicia here because I thought you might be interested in these tooThe Purple Runner (edited) 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk Tagging @Rudis and trying to think of other Littens who have posted about running booksNo Bugles, No Drums (edited) 7y
No Bugles, No DrumsTobeyTheScavengerMonk Supernova 7y
SupernovaTobeyTheScavengerMonk Best Efforts 7y
Best EffortsTobeyTheScavengerMonk Heroes & Sparrows: A Celebration of Running (Anniversary) 7y
Heroes & Sparrows: A Celebration of Running (Anniversary)TobeyTheScavengerMonk And Then the Vulture Eats You: True Tales about Ultramarathons and Those Who Run Them 7y
And Then the Vulture Eats You: True Tales about Ultramarathons and Those Who Run Themsaresmoore This is impressive. 7y
mandapants Shut up. All those books are about running? I love running...never thought to read about it. I love this post. It makes me smile. 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @mandapants These are underneath two solid shelves of fishing books. The man knows what he loves. 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @mandapants According to him, the place to start isOnce a Runner: A Novel 7y
Once a Runner: A NovelValerieAndBooks No Flanagan's Run here? (The book I mentioned on @Kammbia1 's post). Still a very impressive collection and congrats to your dad for all those accomplishments! 7y
Gissy Amazing! The last book I read about running was an audio book and it was more an autobiography by Haruki Murakami. I do a power walking but in my mind I'm an elite 😉 A couple of marathons finished give you that sensation! Now, I don't know if I can continue due to a foot condition! 😢But there is always some sports to do! 7y
ValerieAndBooks Also, I haven't read it, but what aboutWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running 7y
What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningTobeyTheScavengerMonk @ValerieAndBooks I actually asked him about Flanagan and he said "I haven't read it" then he described the book to me and said, "Maybe I have read it and I just forgot I did. But I know I don't own it." (edited) 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @Gissy @ValerieAndBooks I gave my dad the Murakami book a few years ago as a birthday gift! 7y
Gissy I think I will listen the audio book again, just to not give up. I can hardly run 8 or 10 miles without feeling pain! Sometimes 4 but I'm trying the bike and swimming just to do something. But when you cannot run, you coukd get depressed 😢But talking about this, motivates me so I will listen that audio book again! 🏃🏻♀️👍 7y
ValerieAndBooks @TobeyTheScavengerMonk 👏👍on both! 7y
Kammbia1 I have read Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. You can read my review of it: http://marion-hill.com/book-review-86-what-i-talk-about-when-i-talk-about-runnin... 7y
Kammbia1 @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Thanks for the post and recommendations. BTW, I just ran my 2nd 10k race today and my fastest PR of 1 hour and 5 minutes. Excited about that! (edited) 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @Kammbia1 That's awesome! If nothing else, you should check out the pre- and sequel to Once a Runner. They come highly recommended! 7y
Kammbia1 Thanks @TobeyTheScavengerMonk 7y
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