Runner As Hero

Jay Kimiecik; Doug Newburg

doi:10.5771/9780761847960

Summary

In Runner as Hero, Jay Kimiecik becomes an athlete again_in his case, a masters runner_as a way to revive his life. Kimiecik explores the world of aging, training, and performing through a self-experimental, self-reflective lens_ merging science, mythology, and performance psychology. On his heroic journey, Kimiecik talks to aging experts, scientists, top-performing athletes, and the ghost of legendary Steve Prefontaine. Kimiecik's keen observations of everyday living and irreverent style take him on a journey to find the hero within. The result is a fascinating, inspiring tale about how the life as an athlete can serve as a motivational metaphor for feeling alive and achieving nearly anything.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-4795-3
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-4796-0
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 149
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Illustrations No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Introduction No access
1. The Big Idea No access
2. The Adventure of Feeling Alive Begins No access
1. 1. The Little Voice of Feel No access
2. 2. Why Athlete No access
3. 3. The Weakest Link No access
4. 4. Paying Attention in Preparation No access
5. 5. Water World No access
6. 6. Getting to the Core of the Matter No access
7. 7. I am Lady Hear me Roar No access
1. 8. The Summer of Pain No access
2. 9. The Feel No access
3. 10. Easy Speed No access
4. 11. The Feel Wakes up after Forty Years No access
5. 12. Breakthrough at the Brewery No access
6. 13. I am Superman and I can do anything No access
1. 14. Testing, Testing No access
2. 15. The Muscles at the Heart of it All No access
3. 16. Then and Now No access
4. 17. Back in the Rehab Saddle Again No access
5. 18. Desire Greater Than Fear No access
6. 19. My Longaberger Mile No access
7. 20. Waiting for Spring No access
8. 21. Living on the Side of the Mountain No access
1. 22. Shock the System No access
2. 23. The Joy of Deliberate Practice No access
3. 24. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to, during, and after the Race No access
4. 25. Wanted Dead or Alive No access
5. 26. Aligning Goals with a Dream No access
6. 27. Training Tracks No access
7. 28. Track Town USA No access
Acknowledgements No access Pages 145 - 146
References No access Pages 147 - 148
About the Authors No access Pages 149 - 149