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Life is a marathon : a memoir of love and endurance / Matt Fitzgerald.

by Fitzgerald, Matt.

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Da CapõLifelong, 2019.

796.4252092 F554L

Fitzgerald, Matt.

Runners (Sports) -- Biography.

Marathon running -- Psychological aspects.

Runners (Sports) -- Psychology.

Manic-depressive illness -- Family relationships.

9780738284774 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Memoir of love and endurance

x, 278 p. ; 24 cm.

"When people run marathons, they don't just lose toenails and battle the dreaded Wall - they change. What is it about those 26.2 miles that transforms people into better versions of themselves? Writer and athlete Matt Fitzgerald sets out in search of this magic, crossing the country to run eight marathons in eight weeks. At each race, he meets an array of runners from first-timers, to dad-daughter teams, to self-described marathon addicts -to learn what they seek and find in the marathon, collecting surprising, inspiring, and illuminating stories. At Matt's side, as always, is his beloved wife, Nataki. As their journey unfolds, from Clayton, New Mexico, to the famed Boston Marathon, and back west to Eugene, Oregon, Matt's own reasons for running become clear. And it is Nataki herself for whom Matt runs first and foremost. For both of them, the marathon is an apt metaphor for living with her seriously debilitating bipolar disorder, a different but not-so-different sort of wall that at times confronts them with the starkest of choices: give up or endure."--From publisher.

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