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Title Life is a marathon : a memoir of love and endurance / Matt Fitzgerald.
Author Fitzgerald, Matt, author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Da Capo Lifelong, 2019.
©2019
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  796.4252 FIT    Check Shelves
 Windermere  796.4252 FIT    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description x, 278 pages ; 24 cm
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Summary "Step after step for 26.2 miles, hundreds of thousands of people run marathons. But why--what compels people past pain, lost toenails, 5.30 am start times, The Wall? Sports writer Matt Fitzgerald set out to run eight marathons in eight weeks across the country to answer that question. At each race, he meets an array of runners, from first timers, to dad-daughter teams and spouses, to people who'd been running for decades, and asks them what keeps them running. But there is another deeply personal part to Matt's journey: his own relationship to the sport--and how it helped him overcome his own struggles and cope with his wife Nataki's severe bipolar disorder."--Amazon.com
Subject Fitzgerald, Matt.
Marathon running -- Psychological aspects.
Manic-depressive illness -- Family relationships.
ISBN 9780738284774 (hardcover) : $27.00
0738284777 (hardcover)