One of the reasons I named my book after Jim Fixx's book was that my father had Jim Fixx's book and like many people in the '70s was inspired to run by it.Īnd one day, after making fun of my father for the silly running around he'd been doing all my life to that point, I just got tired of being who I was - overweight and bepimpled - and I said to my dad, "Can I go running with you tomorrow?" And he said, "OK." And he woke me up at 6:00 a.m. So I just internalized the message that I was not an athletic person. Not good at sports, which is something sadly that you find out as a child pretty quickly. I had grown up as a very nerdy bookish kid. Well, my story began really when I was 15 years old. Rather than a technical guide for beginners, this is more about your story as a runner. Beth Golay: Your book is The Incomplete Book of Running, you know, a bit of a hat tip to The Complete Book of Running by Jim Fixx which.
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