
Come What May, I Want to Run
A Memoir of the Saving Grace of Ultrarunning in Overwhelming Times
- 196 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Come What May, I Want to Run
A Memoir of the Saving Grace of Ultrarunning in Overwhelming Times
About this book
Growing up, Miriam is an average athlete who doesn't get much playing time. She never imagines becoming a runner. But a college breakup propels her to run to mend her broken heart. She begins running 5K races. These races morph into half-marathons and marathons. Years later, runninghelps her to cope with the workplace mistreatment she isenduring as an academic and the depression she suffers.After watching Dean Karnazes and Pam Reed on 60 Minutes talk about ultrarunning, Miriam signs up for the JFK 50 ultra. With the love and support of her family, she runs an ultramarathon every year. A few years later, Miriam is unable to run normally until she is diagnosed with neurological B12 deficiency and gets her running legs back.Three days after placing third female in a twenty-four-hour ultramarathon, Miriam's scheduled laparoscopic hysterectomy is only the beginning of her medical and surgical nightmare. When her husband Jon is diagnosed with stage four cancer, Miriam runs ultramarathons for his healing.In Come What May, I Want to Run, the reader keeps pace with Miriam as she overcomes adversity, and her unrelenting faith, perseverance, resiliency, and running ultramarathons never waiver.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: It’s Big
- Chapter 2: It’s Not Going to Happen Again
- Chapter 3: Not Humanly Possible
- Chapter 4: Saving Grace
- Chapter 5: Just Watch Me
- Chapter 6: Sabotage
- Chapter 7: Little Miss Sunshine
- Chapter 8: Target
- Chapter 9: The Roller Coaster Ride from Hell
- Chapter 10: Dancing Shoeless
- Chapter 11: Comeback
- Chapter 12: I Won’t Let Go
- Chapter 13: An Athlete’s Heart
- Chapter 14: It’s Only a Little
- Chapter 15: I’m on Fire!
- Chapter 16: Poise Pads
- Chapter 17: Suffering Journey
- Chapter 18: Compassion, Communion, and Conversation
- Chapter 19: Half-Star Motel
- Chapter 20: Low Value
- Chapter 21: Bonus
- Chapter 22: I Am Free Now
- Chapter 23: Come What May, I Want to Run
- Chapter 24: Backscratcher
- Chapter 25: Just Send Me an Email
- Chapter 26: It’s Official
- Chapter 27: Pink Streamers
- Chapter 28: Brooklyn Bridge
- Chapter 29: Umbrella Hat
- Chapter 30: Joy Awaits