{"product_id":"personal-record-rachel-toor-9780803234260","title":"Personal Record: A Love Affair with Running","description":"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 \u003ci\u003ePersonal Record\u003c\/i\u003e, an exhilarating meditation on the making, and the minutiae, of a runner's life. The food, the clothes, the races, the injuries, and the watch are all essential to the runner, as readers discover here, and discover why. A chronicle of Toor's relationship with the sport of running, from her early incarnation as an Oreo-eating couch potato to her emergence as a hard-bodied marathoner, this book explores the sport of running, the community it brings into being, and the personal satisfaction of pursuing it to its limit. An homage to running, a literary take on how an activity can turn into a passion and how a passion can become a way of life, Toor's book runs all the way from individual achievement--a personal record--to the world of friendship and community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Toor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803234260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803234260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.52w x 0.38d","brand":"Rachel Toor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947199299839,"sku":"9780803234260","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e37562c6-4abf-4d3b-aab8-457c0e7b319f.jpg?v=1681517312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/personal-record-rachel-toor-9780803234260","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}