‘Why We Run’ by Robin Harvie
This book started pretty disappointingly, it wasn’t quite what I expected when I read the blurb.
I expected a book mostly about the fella’s attempt at completing the Spartathon, 153 mile race between Athens and Sparti. What I got was a lot of history, not just about The Spartathon, but the Olympics and other historical races.
It did improve when he started talking about him actually running the race. So not all bad.
Spoiler Alert: he didn’t even finish The Spartathon.
He did give a reason as to what he hoped people would get from the book:
My modest hope is that these pages will point you in the right direction to uncover your own reasons for why you run.
Robin Harvie, ‘Why We Run’
It didn’t.
Next up: back to a bit of teenage fiction.
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Love it! Though I am sure the author would not 😉