| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 164 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The body -- Reasons not to run -- The routes -- One runner's beginnings -- The closet -- The coach -- The magazine rack -- Ride and ties -- Weekend mornings -- The first marathon -- Speed goggles -- The fast young man -- Boston -- Becoming a marathoner -- Racing -- The western state -- Injuries -- Ultras -- The watch -- The coach -- The fuel -- On the road -- The hospital -- Pacing -- The break up -- The curtain rod -- Getting to the finish. |
| Summary |
Rachel Toor was a bookish egghead who ran only to catch a bus. How such an unlikely athlete became a runner of ultramarathons is the story of Personal Record, an exhilarating meditation on the making, and the minutiae, of a runner's life. The food, the clothes, the races, the injuries, the watch (and Toor loves her watch) are all essential to the runner, as readers discover here, and discover why. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Marathon running.
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Women runners.
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Marathon running -- Training.
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Marathon running.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Track & Field.
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Marathon running. (OCoLC)fst01008943
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Marathon running -- Training.
(OCoLC)fst01008948
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Women runners. (OCoLC)fst01178481
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Toor, Rachel. Personal record. Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008005352 |
| ISBN |
0803218702 (electronic bk.) |
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9780803218703 (electronic bk.) |
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