Mile Markers: The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
The author attempts to translate an emotion or experience into language making it communal. To understand why we run, that is the hardest and easiest question. Ms. Armstrong captures her own moments, as mother, as girlfriend and as avid runner. A milestone met is a transition to a new beginning, we accept the mobility of the unset finish line. With so many time constraints in our lives, we need another place where we can set our own pace, even if it is just from five miles. This book is compiled as a series of loosely connected chapters, journal entries, in the life of one runner. I actually found a book on running I did not like. The book felt too preachy, too sermon-like, too motherly, too "the women I don't relate to", too everything that running is not for me. I didn't need advice smacking me in the face. I'd prefer stories that I draw my own connections and lessons from rather than life lessons with little stories/details thrown in.The book is a collection of blog entries by Kristin Armstrong from Runner's World. The entries are broken into 26 chapters with a different theme (pace, race day, gratitude...).I just did not relate to Armstrong. I'm not a mother; I don't like running in a group; I don't practice a religion; I don't have the same doubts and insecurities (not to say I don't have my own!). I felt this book was meant for a mother rather than women. I wish she had included more details and stories of her own life. I wish the story had been richer in details and shorter on advice that felt too much like a preacher giving a sermon. I don't think I could recommend this book, but I know some women who absolutely love this book. I would say the right audience is a 30-something mother of 2 who goes to church and bible study.
What do You think about Mile Markers: The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run (2011)?
Like the blog in Runners World - fun to read organized like this
—hailey
loved this book... invaluable to me during a difficult time.
—frensi_r
my all time favorite book. So much more than just running..
—cooloa111
Beyond awesome! Loved this as I live it every day!
—Maura
