An Honorable Run
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439233284 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 158 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
I barely had time to say goodbye before I left Coach Brown to chase my dream of earning a coveted spot on Coach Wetmore's team. Single-minded, driven to escape small town Iowa, I ran to win. What is the name of the coach who changed your life? As a young runner, I had two: Coach Wetmore and Coach Brown. He had run every day for thirty years, and accepted few walk-ons, like me, into his storied program. It answers the question I had always taken for granted: *What is really important?*. My Iowa high school track coach, Bob Brown, dreamed of owning a Harley, but the only bike he rode was a beat-up blue Schwinn, pedaling alongside his athletes. *An Honorable Run*chronicles the life-altering lessons I learned during my journey. My college coach, the University of Colorado's Mark Wetmore, built champion runners on
Mark Thompson said Iowa Boy Chasing the Running Dream. Like Running with the Buffaloes, Once a Runner, and Born to Run, this book makes you want to pop out of bed at 6:00 a.m. and log some miles. It makes you want to chase that dream of high school, college, or road race glory.An Honorable Run describes the author's days as a runner at Iowa City Regina high school and Colorado University. Perhaps I'm biased because I grew up competing with this high school (but wouldn't that make me biased against him?), but this book gives a great summary of the author's hard-fought years of chasing his running goals. I can live vicariously through this . "Interesting Personal Story" according to Gilgamesh. This book was an interesting and heartfelt account of a very driven, motivated runner's journey through high school and collegiate track and xc careers. The author's depiction of his high school coach was really touching. As a parent of a high school runner, I could only wish that my kid had had such a kind and inspirational coach. I thought the book was especially interesting because the author was a very good runner but not among the natonal elite, yet he made his way onto an elite college team through hard work and perseverance. Very few first place finishes came his way in college. An Honorable Run Us Bank I read this book in a few days and it left me wanting more. I'm a tad biased having grown up in Iowa and now living in Colorado. Matt McCue exemplifies what hard work and determination can do for someone when it comes to running. At the end of the book, I started reflecting on my own personal running career, I probably put forth 70% of the effort and dedication that Matt did, thus I left wondering what if I laid it all out on the line, what would I have been able to accomplish. Matt knows the answer he did just that.Any runner, especially anyone who has run CC or Track in high school
I wish everyone could find coaches like mine and Matt's, people who taught more than simple athletics to kids."Bill Rodgers, Four-time winner of the New York City and Boston Marathons "This book is a celebration of the unsung heroes of sport, the coaches who sacrifice their time to form champions and change lives. The sport of running is about overcoming challenges, life lessons taught and learned and the victories that don't always come with winning, but simply by giving our all."Jim Ryun, three time Olympian, former World Record Holder in the one mile run"An Honorable Run is an inspirational journey for anyone who has ever laced up a sports shoe. Matt captures all of this in An Honorable Run. From the Back Cover "There may be accounts of the interaction between coach and athlete in other sports, but in cross country and track, perhaps, we need a wider understanding of this powerful relationship that has changed so many young person
He has written for New York Magazine, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN RISE Dye Stat, Runner's World, and The Huffington Post. Born in Iowa, Matt McCue now lives in New York City.