My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom,
and Insights of a Road Racing Icon
by Kathleen Parrish
Best Since Sheehan
Bart Yasso, an icon of one of the most enduringly popular recreational
sports in the United States, offers a touching and humorous memoir about
the rewards and challenges of running. Recounting his adventures in
locales like Antarctica, Africa, and Chitwan National Park in Nepal (where
he was chased by an angry rhino), Yasso recommends the best
marathons on foreign terrain and tells runners what they need to know to
navigate the logistics of running in an unfamiliar country. He also offers
practical guidance for beginning, intermediate, and advanced runners,
such as 5-K, half marathon, and marathon training schedules, as well as
advice on how to become a runner for life, ever-ready to draw joy from the
sport and embrace the adventure that each race may offer

Personal Review: My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and
Insights of a Road Racing Icon by Kathleen Parrish
This book is a lot of fun as Burt Yasso combines his love of running and
just plain exercise as he documents his most off beat athletic experiences.
Not a world beater but a steady age group runner that many can identify
with. After reading this book, I get the impression that Burt at Runner's
World was the Mikey of the old Life Cereal commercials. As in, let's get
Burt to do it. Essentially fun reading fare about some amazing adventures;
running a marathon in Antarctica (the boat trip there was challenging
enough), a funny chapter on running a 5k race in a nudist camp and being
the guest speaker the night before without a podium, to running in Death
valley on a brutal 135 mile trek finishing on top of a mountain to traveling
across the USA alone on his bike. The book provides a nice break from
reality reading these interesting and fun stories of a daring, self effacing
fellow with an obviously high pain threshold. Very enjoyable short chapter
stories and I enjoyed the biking across America chapter immensely, that
could have been a lot longer with more detail. Yasso helps coordinates
races for race directors for Runner's World and he lists his top favorite
races across the country and world. Not atechnical read but more
arelaxcing read. Includes the infamous Yasso 880 yard marthon training
that predicts your time by science or mere co-incidence but for many it
worked. And he is right about the Monument Ave. 10K in Richmond, it is
one of the best, I have run it 5 years in a row, and Burt is always there.
This is a great book to take on a plane ride and just enjoy the time in
between.
For More 5 Star Customer Reviews and Lowest Price:
My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon by Kathleen
Parrish 5 Star Customer Reviews and Lowest Price!