Outrunning the Demons: Lives Transformed through Running
Autor Phil Hewitten Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 ian 2019
'an inspiring collection of stories about runners who have run through unimaginable adversity to find perspective, resolution and ultimately peace, within themselves and with the universe.' - Dean Karnazes
'a really good book ... with fascinating stories' - BBC Radio Four, Today Programme
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Hope through running...
Written by bestselling author Phil Hewitt, Outrunning the Demons is an exploration of the transformative power of running - and how it can be the key to unlocking resilience we never knew we had.
Running can take us to fantastic places. Just as importantly, it can also bring us back from terrible ones. For people in times of crisis, trauma and physical or mental illness - when normality collapses - running can put things back together again.
After bestselling author Phil Hewitt was viciously mugged, stabbed and left for dead in 2016, he found himself suffering the acute symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Unable to make sense of the horrific experience that had happened to him, Phil found that dedicating himself to running was slowly but surely helping him heal. Outrunning the Demons is an enriching and celebratory exploration of the transformative power of running - and how it can be the key to unlocking resilience we never knew we had.
Told through 34 deeply affecting real-life stories and covering such diverse themes as trauma, bereavement, addiction, depression and anxiety, this compelling book is an exposition of just why running can so often be the answer to everything when we find ourselves in extremis.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472956514
ISBN-10: 1472956516
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1472956516
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Foreword by Dean Karnazes
The Start Line: 'And then I did what I have always done. I ran.'
Charlie Engle: 'When I run, I become the absolute epitome of who I am.'
Theresa Giammona: 'I know he was with me every step of the way.'
Isabel Hardman: 'I learn so much about how to cope with life when I go on a long run.'
Jessica Rigo: 'When I need that extra push to finish strong, I think of my fallen running partner . . . my chosen sister.'
Eleanor Keohane: 'I was an absolute mess. . . But I did it. I ran. Three times, sobbing my heart out.'
The Schneider Twins: 'I truly believe that running has saved my family.'
Sandra Laflamme: 'They said there was blood everywhere.'
Dan Keeley: 'You'd be hard-pressed to find a happier, more grateful person than I am right now.'
Caroline Elliott: 'Knowing that I ' m always recovering, one small step at a time.'
Sujan Sharma: 'I am so glad now that I had that hallucination.'
Linda Quirk: 'A disease so insidious that it captures the best in everyone.'
James Buzzell: 'Once you have seen dead people, you realise that death is real and that it is going to happen.'
Anji Andrews: 'I remember seeing a solitary robin . . . and thinking it was a sign my dad was watching.'
Emma Malcolm: '[Running] clears my mind and enables me to think about all the tough stuff.'
Lisa Hallett: 'I ran two of the ugliest miles ever, and it was the first time I accepted that John was not coming home.'
Serena Wooldridge: 'Through running there was light and hope at the end of the tunnel.'
Bryn Phillips: 'I remember thinking we are not going to survive.'
Hanny Allston: 'I have found a way to run for the absolute joy in the freedom it brings me.'
Kate Jayden: 'How could I let anyone steal running from me?'
Don Wright: 'I am exceedingly lucky to be here.'
Daniele Seiss: 'Running long distances . . . creates a sense of oneness that I can't explain.'
Carolyn Knights: '[He spent] his whole life wrapped in the loving arms of his mum and dad.'
Alastair Campbell: 'I see [running] as my best meeting of the day.'
Liz Dunning: 'I have got children. I am not going to concede their future to a world of guns.'
Danny Slay: 'It gave me an outlet to think, focus and unwind.'
Ana Febres-Cordero: 'I am amazing, I am strong, I am beautiful, I am kind.'
Lisa Taylor: 'Not only am I still here, I now have a lovely baby with my lovely husband.'
Jason Nelson: 'I put the barrel of my pistol in my mouth with my finger firmly on the trigger.'
Amanda Trafford: 'I wish I could scoop them all up and inspire them to run!'
Cherissa Jackson: 'Purging me from my grief and my sadness, my anger and my pain.'
Lynn Julian Crisci: 'In my mind, you win when you reach the start line, not the finish line.'
Paul Shepherd: 'My son would have become another fatherless child.'
Bryn Hughes: 'I was thinking if I allow myself to die, then evil will win.'
Stephanie Foley: 'Then we did as Sarah did - we ran with all our Hart!'
The Finish Line: 'A group of people I have come to admire hugely.'
Postscript: ' Better Things '
Appendix: The Science Behind the Transformative Power of Running
Acknowledgements
References
About the Author
The Start Line: 'And then I did what I have always done. I ran.'
Charlie Engle: 'When I run, I become the absolute epitome of who I am.'
Theresa Giammona: 'I know he was with me every step of the way.'
Isabel Hardman: 'I learn so much about how to cope with life when I go on a long run.'
Jessica Rigo: 'When I need that extra push to finish strong, I think of my fallen running partner . . . my chosen sister.'
Eleanor Keohane: 'I was an absolute mess. . . But I did it. I ran. Three times, sobbing my heart out.'
The Schneider Twins: 'I truly believe that running has saved my family.'
Sandra Laflamme: 'They said there was blood everywhere.'
Dan Keeley: 'You'd be hard-pressed to find a happier, more grateful person than I am right now.'
Caroline Elliott: 'Knowing that I ' m always recovering, one small step at a time.'
Sujan Sharma: 'I am so glad now that I had that hallucination.'
Linda Quirk: 'A disease so insidious that it captures the best in everyone.'
James Buzzell: 'Once you have seen dead people, you realise that death is real and that it is going to happen.'
Anji Andrews: 'I remember seeing a solitary robin . . . and thinking it was a sign my dad was watching.'
Emma Malcolm: '[Running] clears my mind and enables me to think about all the tough stuff.'
Lisa Hallett: 'I ran two of the ugliest miles ever, and it was the first time I accepted that John was not coming home.'
Serena Wooldridge: 'Through running there was light and hope at the end of the tunnel.'
Bryn Phillips: 'I remember thinking we are not going to survive.'
Hanny Allston: 'I have found a way to run for the absolute joy in the freedom it brings me.'
Kate Jayden: 'How could I let anyone steal running from me?'
Don Wright: 'I am exceedingly lucky to be here.'
Daniele Seiss: 'Running long distances . . . creates a sense of oneness that I can't explain.'
Carolyn Knights: '[He spent] his whole life wrapped in the loving arms of his mum and dad.'
Alastair Campbell: 'I see [running] as my best meeting of the day.'
Liz Dunning: 'I have got children. I am not going to concede their future to a world of guns.'
Danny Slay: 'It gave me an outlet to think, focus and unwind.'
Ana Febres-Cordero: 'I am amazing, I am strong, I am beautiful, I am kind.'
Lisa Taylor: 'Not only am I still here, I now have a lovely baby with my lovely husband.'
Jason Nelson: 'I put the barrel of my pistol in my mouth with my finger firmly on the trigger.'
Amanda Trafford: 'I wish I could scoop them all up and inspire them to run!'
Cherissa Jackson: 'Purging me from my grief and my sadness, my anger and my pain.'
Lynn Julian Crisci: 'In my mind, you win when you reach the start line, not the finish line.'
Paul Shepherd: 'My son would have become another fatherless child.'
Bryn Hughes: 'I was thinking if I allow myself to die, then evil will win.'
Stephanie Foley: 'Then we did as Sarah did - we ran with all our Hart!'
The Finish Line: 'A group of people I have come to admire hugely.'
Postscript: ' Better Things '
Appendix: The Science Behind the Transformative Power of Running
Acknowledgements
References
About the Author
Recenzii
... an inspiring collection of stories about runners who have run through unimaginable adversity to find perspective, resolution and ultimately peace, within themselves and with the universe.
Uplifting and important... This is a book about courage, about kindness, about grief and fortitude, about healing after trauma, about running as a way of finding oneself, about witnessing the best in humankind having experienced the worst
[a] remarkable collection of intensely personal stories connects the reader to the restorative power of running. With the assured touch of an experienced journalist and editor. his absorbing accounts allow voices from around the world to remind us that despite the suffering humanity inflicts and endures, through the exhilarating discipline of running the indomitability of the human spirit can prevail.
Exhilarating, compelling and beautifully written; this extraordinary book, both humbling and uplifting, is a hymn to the triumph of the human spirit and the human heart.
I defy anyone not to be inspired, moved and excited by the stories of these brave runners, beautifully narrated by Phil Hewitt, who understands their challenges because he is still outrunning his own demons. This book may be a life-changer - or a life-saver.
A really good book ... with fascinating stories
Extremely readable. a sane, unsentimental commentary on why they keep on running
An enriching and celebratory exploration of the transformative power of running - and how it can be the key to unlocking resilience we never knew we had . deeply affecting . compelling.
Uplifting and important... This is a book about courage, about kindness, about grief and fortitude, about healing after trauma, about running as a way of finding oneself, about witnessing the best in humankind having experienced the worst
[a] remarkable collection of intensely personal stories connects the reader to the restorative power of running. With the assured touch of an experienced journalist and editor. his absorbing accounts allow voices from around the world to remind us that despite the suffering humanity inflicts and endures, through the exhilarating discipline of running the indomitability of the human spirit can prevail.
Exhilarating, compelling and beautifully written; this extraordinary book, both humbling and uplifting, is a hymn to the triumph of the human spirit and the human heart.
I defy anyone not to be inspired, moved and excited by the stories of these brave runners, beautifully narrated by Phil Hewitt, who understands their challenges because he is still outrunning his own demons. This book may be a life-changer - or a life-saver.
A really good book ... with fascinating stories
Extremely readable. a sane, unsentimental commentary on why they keep on running
An enriching and celebratory exploration of the transformative power of running - and how it can be the key to unlocking resilience we never knew we had . deeply affecting . compelling.