IT’S SAID THAT writing about music is like dancing about architecture, and there’s a similar dilemma with running. It isn’t a process that readily transfers into words. Running, especially long distances, often becomes such a compelling or even spiritual experience that it seems beyond words, or at least those easily written.
Showing posts with label why we run. Show all posts
Showing posts with label why we run. Show all posts
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Why We Run
IT’S SAID THAT writing about music is like dancing about architecture, and there’s a similar dilemma with running. It isn’t a process that readily transfers into words. Running, especially long distances, often becomes such a compelling or even spiritual experience that it seems beyond words, or at least those easily written.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Robin Harvie: Why We Run
"ALL WHO have put on a pair of trainers will know the sense of freedom that comes with fresh air on the face miles from home," writes Robin Harvie in the prologue to his excellent book, Why We Run.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Spartathlon: Why We Run
David Sexton
Robin Harvie, who has written a book on the art of running, is so obsessed that he will be completing the London Marathon on Sunday not once but twice. David Sexton meets a man on a mission LONDON MARATHON THE RUNNER
ROBIN Harvie is a man obsessed. I know this before we meet, because I've read his book, Why We Run, an honest confession of monomania, frankly subtitled A Story of Obsession.
Robin Harvie, who has written a book on the art of running, is so obsessed that he will be completing the London Marathon on Sunday not once but twice. David Sexton meets a man on a mission LONDON MARATHON THE RUNNER
ROBIN Harvie is a man obsessed. I know this before we meet, because I've read his book, Why We Run, an honest confession of monomania, frankly subtitled A Story of Obsession.
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