Rachel Toor

Personal Record

A Love Affair with Running

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Produktbeschreibung

Rachel Toor teaches writing at Eastern Washington University, is a columnist for the Chronicle of Higher Education, and a senior writer for Running Times. She is the author of The Pig and I: How I Learned to Love Men (Almost) as Much as I Love My Pets and Admissions Confidential: An Insider¿s Account of the Elite College Selection Process. A graduate of Yale University, she received an MFA from the University of Montana and currently lives in Spokane.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9780803234260
• ISBN-10: 0803234260
• Artikelnr.: 29926375

Autorenporträt

Rachel Toor teaches writing at Eastern Washington University, is a columnist for the Chronicle of Higher Education, and a senior writer for Running Times. She is the author of The Pig and I: How I Learned to Love Men (Almost) as Much as I Love My Pets and Admissions Confidential: An Insider's Account of the Elite College Selection Process. A graduate of Yale University, she received an MFA from the University of Montana and currently lives in Spokane.

Inhaltsangabe

Toeing the Line
1. The Body
2. Reasons Not to Run
3. The Routes
4. One Runner's Beginnings
5. The Closet
6. The Coach
7. The Magazine Rack
8. Ride and Ties
9. Weekend Mornings
10. The First Marathon
11. Speed Goggles
12. The Fast Young Man
13. Boston
14. Becoming a Marathoner
15. Racing
16. The Western State
17. Injuries
18. Ultras
19. The Watch
20. The Coach
21. The Fuel
22. On the Road
23. The Hospital
24. Pacing
25. The Break Up
26. The Curtain Rod
0.2 Getting to the Finish