The first meeting of the Runners’ Book Club is in the books. We enjoyed Matt Long’s story and felt like it was well told. Long and Hudson, his co-author, did a great job of capturing the voice of a Brooklyn firefighter and the rhythm of the story and the flashbacks was very satisfying. If you haven’t read The Long Run, grab a copy and let me know what you think.

I heard from quite a few of you that you liked this idea but couldn’t make this month’s meeting. Hopefully, more of you can make it out for the next meeting. Let’s plan on October 6 at 7:00. I’ll get back to you on a location soon. I didn’t realize that the final edition of the Street Performers would be downtown Holland last night. Everything worked out okay, but if New Holland is having some sort of Octoberfest or something…

After a little discussion of possible reads, we’ve chosen My Life on the Run by Bart Yasso as the next edition in our Runners’ Book Club.

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If you’re not familiar with Yasso, he’s often called the Mayor of Running. He is a special editor at Runner’s World. He’s run thousands of races and competed on every continent. In some of the earlier days of Runner’s World, they would ask him to compete in the craziest races they could find and he would invariably accept the challenge.

This book tells many of the tales that he’s saved up over the years. It’s a very funny and inspirational book. I know you’re going to love it.