Personal record : a love affair with running /

Personal record : a love affair with running /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Toor, Rachel.
Imprint:	Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 164 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Marathon running. Women runners. Marathon running -- Training. Marathon running Marathon running -- Training Women runners
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11189568

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ISBN:	0803218702 9780803218703 1281958298 9781281958297 0803260334 9780803260337
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Toor, Rachel. Personal record. Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008

Table of 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.