Books: Slow AF Run Club

I call myself a "runner," but only in the loosest sense of the word.  My plodding 10-minute/mile pace pales in comparison to the superhuman speed of a Usain Bolt or the incredible endurance of an Eliud Kipchoge.  I've found that most running books are either written by, or geared toward, much faster folks - people who were in track or cross-country growing up. Those people.

Slow AF Run Club is different.  It's a running book for the rest of us, filled to the brim with practical advice for middle- and back-of-the-packers who might have to *gasp* walk large portions of a long race.  The author, Martinus Evans, is not an Olympian or marathon winner.  He's just an ordinary guy who began running mostly to spite his doctor, who told him to "lose weight or die." Evans opted for neither.

Eight marathons later, Evans is spreading the gospel of running to folks who aren't thin and athletic. He addresses things that the slimmer "gazelles" never have to worry about - how to stop your thighs chafing against each other, how to find big and tall running clothes, and how to deal with hecklers and insensitive race organizers.  At bottom, though, this book does preach the same things running books have always told you - it's not how far or how fast you run, but making sure you get off the couch and out the door.