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Run To Overcome: The Inspiring Story Of An American Champion's Long-Distance Quest To Achieve A Big Dream (2010)

by Meb Keflezighi(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1414339577 (ISBN13: 9781414339573)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Tyndale Momentum

review 1: A wonderful story about how Meb and his family came to be in America and journey to become an elite marathoner. He takes you through his early days in Eritrean, immigrating to Italy and then the United States. From there he goes into how he became interested in running and through his progression from High School all the way through his 2009 NYC Marathon win. The book is filled with inspirational stories which are sure to help motivate any runner or just anyone who might need a little encouragement. I think this book should be required reading for every American.
review 2: Meb is one of my running heroes. I knew he'd had a number of obstacles to overcome in early life, but I didn't realize the extent of the suffering and sacrifices that his family endured b... moreefore and after leaving their home in Eritrea and coming to the U.S. I was in tears several times during the first couple of chapters.I feel terrible saying this, but there was a bit of a "goody two shoes" tone to the rest of the book. I continue to admire everything about him, but I had a bit of a sense of "hmm, he might not be that fun to actually hang out with."The writing itself was also a bit flat. Kind of "this happened, then next this happened, and then this happened." There were some interesting anecdotes. My favorite was him admitting that during the Sydney Olympics 10K in 2000, knowing he had no shot at a medal, he allowed himself to relax his pace momentarily during the race so he could watch the showdown for silver vs. gold between Haile G. and Paul Tergat. less

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