For the Love of Running: A Companion

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Running is the simplest, the most natural, the most wildly liberating and gloriously exhilarating of sports. Collected here are all the most fascinating insights into the world of running from its illustrious history to the modern-day greats that you will ever need to inspire your next run, whether it's a 5K or an ultramarathon. AUTHOR: Paul Owen is a Runner Extraordinaire. He has completed more than fifty marathons and ultramarathons. SELLING POINT: The popularity of running continues, with over 67,000 parkrun events held weekly across the UK for over a million members.

Paul Owen is a husband, father of two, and partner in a solicitors firm, who also leads a double life as a Runner Extraordinaire. He has completed more than fifty marathons and ultramarathons (even going so far as to add an extra 6 miles to the 101-mile Housman Hundred race although that might have been partly due to getting lost ), and set himself the challenge of running at least 3 miles every day in 2012 2,500 miles in total for the year. This is his first book.