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Running Ransom Road: Confronting the Past, One Marathon at a Time

par Caleb Daniloff

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One man's chronicle of his road to recovery as he quits drinking, puts on sneakers, and sweats his way through sobriety. Caleb Daniloff never set out to be a marathoner. Then again, he never set out to be a drunk, either. But after years of sobriety, he puts on a pair of running shoes and starts down a path that will lead him to compete in marathons across the world on a journey of self-discovery.   As he runs from Boston to Vermont to Moscow, Daniloff draws lessons from the road and confronts the most destructive period in his life, completing races in each of the cities where he once lived and wreaked havoc. With each step, Daniloff is forced to face his issues rather than maneuver around them. And as he moves forward, he connects with others who have also taken up running on their path to recovery.   At once a memoir of addiction, healing, and pushing past your limitations, Running Ransom Road is ultimately the poignant story of one man's trek to a better life, one mile at a time--and "his captivating narrative describes a journey of personal redemption that, fortunately for us, he is willing to share" (Frank Shorter, Olympic marathon gold medalist).   "Running Ransom Road is Caleb Daniloff's unblinking, ultimately triumphant account of his journey from mean, hopeless drunk back to humanity and himself--through distance running. It's a searing tale of spiritual redemption--one marathon, one mile, one brave, difficult step at a time." --Steve Friedman, coauthor of New York Times bestseller Eat & Run and author of the memoir Lost on Treasure Island… (plus d'informations)
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For somebody who has enough self awareness to write a memoir, the author does not realize how bad he is at regulating his pace during distance runs. A half marathon is not the time to go balls-out for the first few miles and then hot dog up a hill to pass someone. Every time the author does this, he's surprised at the outcome. I found that endlessly frustrating while reading this book. He's also super patronizing to other runners, particularly in the book's afterword. He knew nothing about the woman going for a walk-run. She could have been recovering from an injury or other health issue, or just having a shitty day, and didn't need the author's judgement (whether the author "intended" it as positive or negative is irrelevant). The author just "assumes" she's going for her very first run, because why else would anybody ever walk while they're out running?

Stylistically, the endless italics were painful to read. And for an introspective memoir about the author's recovery from alcoholism, I feel like I was left with only a very shallow view of what happened. (I realize I'm not entitled to the depths of the author's life, but he *did* write a memoir.)

I did laugh out loud when the author called himself a flat-lander for living in Boston. Dude has obviously never spent any time in the midwest. ( )
  lemontwist | Mar 5, 2023 |
Man confronts his past through running. ( )
  cookierooks | Nov 16, 2016 |
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One man's chronicle of his road to recovery as he quits drinking, puts on sneakers, and sweats his way through sobriety. Caleb Daniloff never set out to be a marathoner. Then again, he never set out to be a drunk, either. But after years of sobriety, he puts on a pair of running shoes and starts down a path that will lead him to compete in marathons across the world on a journey of self-discovery.   As he runs from Boston to Vermont to Moscow, Daniloff draws lessons from the road and confronts the most destructive period in his life, completing races in each of the cities where he once lived and wreaked havoc. With each step, Daniloff is forced to face his issues rather than maneuver around them. And as he moves forward, he connects with others who have also taken up running on their path to recovery.   At once a memoir of addiction, healing, and pushing past your limitations, Running Ransom Road is ultimately the poignant story of one man's trek to a better life, one mile at a time--and "his captivating narrative describes a journey of personal redemption that, fortunately for us, he is willing to share" (Frank Shorter, Olympic marathon gold medalist).   "Running Ransom Road is Caleb Daniloff's unblinking, ultimately triumphant account of his journey from mean, hopeless drunk back to humanity and himself--through distance running. It's a searing tale of spiritual redemption--one marathon, one mile, one brave, difficult step at a time." --Steve Friedman, coauthor of New York Times bestseller Eat & Run and author of the memoir Lost on Treasure Island

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