Dr. Thaddeus L. Kostrubala (1930 Chicago - 2020 Santa Fe), an anthropologist, doctor and psychiatrist, is the pioneer in the field of running therapy and founder of the related therapy approach known as Paleoanalysis. In particular, he is known for his work "The Joy of Running" (1976), which became a bestseller and a classic in the US running and international running therapy movement. It has been translated into multiple languages, and was reissued and expanded by the author in 2013. This text by running therapist Wolfgang W. Schüler, M.A., Germany, traces the visionary Dr. Kostrubala's running therapy path - which sometimes resembles a Greek tragedy - from its beginning. It is being published on the occasion of Dr. Kostrubala's 90th birthday in September 2020, in English, Spanish, French and German, in the form of this book with a lot of photos.