Running Into Yourself Book Report

For my outside reading book I chose Running Into Yourself by Jean-Paul Bedard. Personally I really enjoy this book purely for the reason it is about running. A person that doesn't enjoy running most likely will not enjoy this book as much as a runner would. The book is about what you think about while you're running, how running can get you out of mental situations, and about working towards your goals. Running Into Yourself starts off talking about running a marathon, the climax of a running career. Every runner eventually will want the chance to run a marathon, a normal person won't be able to run a marathon, you need alot of training and alot of dedication towards the sport. From Jean-Paul’s words “...You may moan while you're out there, but the second you get back in your house after a …show more content…
Most of us will never get the chance to run a marathon, rather finish a marathon. From middle school most people can decide if they want to run a marathon, if they have the power to train and run every day. Running a marathon would be a surreal experience to us and be put in the fiction section of our brains library. Getting to read the story of a normal runner getting to the point of running a marathon and after the marathon was really cool. It was just like for a cross country race… just on a smaller scale. His feelings about finishing the race we're the exact same as the ones that I have. When you think about finishing a race you think about going and eating the best hamburger of your life and laying down for two weeks. When he finished the race all he wanted to do was go home and rest, no eating the best hamburger of his life. The next day, he had to go out on another run so his muscles didn't tighten up. It's the same feeling with cross country races, after an event the next day we still have practice and take no breaks. We have to learn to stick through the pain and just keep