The Incomplete Book of Running

The Incomplete Book of Running

2018 • 197 pages

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I'm doing a couch to 5km program while we're in social isolation 2020 (because I need the out of house time, and why not) so I'm reading running books. The appeal of running is it's simplicity: some shoes, whatever, and you go. Sagal talks about running in his own life and two particular dramatic events that occured in 2013 - I can't remember whether it's in the copy so I won't spoil it. Oh... so I didn't read the copy because I picked up stuff randomly. I enjoyed this running memoir, I like the way it goes back and forth on his particular timeline, I'm glad it doesn't go into the nitty gritty of his failing marriage, and I'm a sucker for the evocation of physical activity as an avenue for physical and moral improvement.

I had never heard of his radio quiz show or himself as a person before this.

April 11, 2020