具体描述
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a dozen critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and—even more important—on his writing.
Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and takes us to places ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvelous lens of sport emerges a panorama of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs, and the experience, after fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back.
By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in running.
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##at least he never walked
评分##At least he never walked.
评分##……读完了对此人有了新的认识；……啰啰嗦嗦，原来不是天才，但是有时候也太过于谦虚，最重要还是啰啰嗦嗦的一本书，但是还不难看
评分##Started on Nov.4.2009. Thanks for Ivan Zhai. Finished on Feb.4.2009.
评分##终于读完了！！！严格意义上是我cover的第一本原版..呼..
评分###path上看闲书# 英文版出奇地流畅，把跑马拉松和铁人三项作为业余活动真是有着惊人的毅力。印象最深的点大概是“写作是件很不健康的事情，于是必须要做件健康的事情来平衡”。跑步也是孤独的运动，却也是神奇地发现对自己的掌控力惊人的运动（后者还没有从实践中验证）。年岁渐长，重新觉得自律是件迷人的事。希望近几年内能跑次纽约全马。｜七年后被人点赞短评“有用”来更新下，这几年来一直在跑步，前几年也如愿跑了纽约全马，巨开心。
评分##Started on Nov.4.2009. Thanks for Ivan Zhai. Finished on Feb.4.2009.
评分##终于读完了！！！严格意义上是我cover的第一本原版..呼..
评分##治愈系~~ 大爱里面很多名言，尤其是“in the long distance, the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.”
