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Running the Dream

One Summer Living, Training, and Racing with a Team of World-Class Runners Half My Age

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Running the Dream

By: Matt Fitzgerald
Narrated by: Jamie Renell
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The best-selling author of 80/20 Running and How Bad Do You Want It? reveals his inspiring and surprising journey to see just how fast he can go.

Matt Fitzgerald has already made a name for himself in the endurance-sport community with books like 80/20 Running, How Bad Do You Want It?, and Iron War. He is an accomplished amateur runner, but if he follows the training, nutrition, and lifestyle of an elite runner, just how fast could he go?

He is approaching his mid-40s, so the time to do this is now. He at last has the financial means to do nothing but train. He accepts the goodwill of a friend who will let him crash at his apartment in the running mecca of Flagstaff, Arizona, and convinces the coach of Northern Arizona Elite, one of the country's premier professional running teams, to let him train with a roster of national champions and Olympic hopefuls for an entire summer leading in to the Chicago Marathon. The results were astounding....

Filled with a vibrant cast of characters, rigorous and gut-wrenching training, Matt’s knowledgeable yet self-deprecating voice allows us to vicariously live out our own fantasies of having the opportunity to go all the way. Yet for the runners Matt trains with, it’s no mere fantasy, but a calling, and their individual stories enrich this inspiring narrative. Running the Dream is a chance for us all to experience a bit of this rarified and wild world and to take away pieces of this amazing journey to try to achieve our own potential.

©2020 Matt Fitzgerald (P)2020 Recorded Books
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Very inspiring and lots of tips for the average runner to think and practice techniques like an elite

Inspiring

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I chose this book hoping to get a bit more motivation to get out of bed in the morning and go for that run. It went beyond that and inspired me to push the limits, dream bigger, and run even more than I had planned to in the first place.

Inspiring

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Thoroughly enjoyed this book. A good listen for an avid runner/running geek or a fan of Matt as an author more generally

Enjoyable Runners Story

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Truely excellent book on living your dream as a runner. Very strong narration as well by Jamie that captures Matt and the book.

Excellent book for runners who dream

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Awesome book and very insightful with a well told story that kept you wanting to listen.

Great book and easy to listen

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Loved how it was in short bites so perfect for the car between work and home. It all felt so real like I could have been there. The author absolutely allowed me to picture everything happening. Wonderful read. Highly recommend

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