Book details

  • Genre:sports & recreation
  • Sub-genre:Running & Jogging
  • Language:English
  • Pages:100
  • Paperback ISBN:9781543906066

Negative Splits

A Middle-Aged, Newbie Runner's Journey to the First Marathon

By David White

Overview

NOT ALL VICTORIES COME WITH MEDALS Negative Splits: A Middle-Aged, Newbie Runner’s Journey to the First Marathon chronicles the author’s emergence from a 20-year period of self-imposed athletic exile to first-time combatant with the “26.2-Mile Monster.” Employing an engaging “you-are-there” style, David M. White takes readers through the 10 months leading to the 2010 ING NYC Marathon and a finish which challenges the conventional notion of triumph.
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Description

NOT ALL VICTORIES COME WITH MEDALS Negative Splits: A Middle-Aged, Newbie Runner’s Journey to the First Marathon chronicles the author’s emergence from a 20-year period of self-imposed athletic exile to first-time combatant with the “26.2-Mile Monster.” Employing an engaging “you-are-there” style, David M. White takes readers through the 10 months leading to the 2010 ING NYC Marathon and a finish which challenges the conventional notion of triumph.
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About The Author

David M. White is a veteran of 3 marathons (New York City, Bermuda, and Harrisburg, PA) and 44 half marathons. He has won awards at various road and trail racing distances, and earned USA Track & Field recognition as a Masters All-American in the 5k, 5-mile, 10k and Half Marathon events.
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