An Average Schmuck Writes a Running Book (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781461053965)

I grew up in North Dakota, where harsh winters and short summers where a way of life. In a small town we never locked our doors, knew every one on our street or were in fact related to some of them. We got around on our bikes, or in the winter simply walked across town to visit a friend. It was a simple time. I had always wanted to be a writer, it just never occurred to me this would be the way I would do it! I took every writing class in High School and actually had success in some of my writing projects. But like everyone else on the planet, I had to make a living, which makes me just an Average Schmuck. When I joined the military, drugs were an every day part of life. But I found going for a run with friends in the German woods much better for the soul. And oddly enough, never good at sports in High School, I found I could run for a long time. I took joy in running and played football on our company team. And I liked it. I continued writing, entering local contests and placing 6 different times. I sent several of my short stories into national periodicals and received some very positive feed back. But they were Science Fiction or in fact horror. I loved the imagination factor, but alas was never published. I played tennis in local leagues as it was my one strong point in High School. However, I kept hurting myself, and needed to find another outlet for my energy. I went back to running. So how did I end up writing a humorous running book? It was still my imagination at work, at something that a lot of people can relate to. And a lot of what happened on the roads were, well, funny. And no one else was writing this kind of stuff. I had fun with the book as it has taken me 30 years to write.