Synopsis
‘Sensational! John Connell has done it again’ – Dean Karnazes
From the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author of The Cow Book
In The Running Book, John Connell vividly describes a marathon through County Longford, Ireland, where he lives and farms. Because running is as much about the mind as the body, the book is about more than the physical experience. What John sees...
Details
24 June 2021176 pages
9781529042382Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A compelling insight into the mind of someone who loves to run for running’s sake, and who is keen to immerse himself fully into the world around him.Irish Independent
Takes the theme of running and opens it out into something much widerIrish Times
In this difficult new world where a walk or a run around the block might be the only respite your mental health gets in a day of isolation, Connell’s paean to the activity couldn’t be better timedSunday Independent
Read The Running Book and you see life in every route you run: past, present and future. Life is for runningSonia O'Sullivan
