The book chronicles the author's journey (the training, the races and the people he met along the way) to complete his personal quest of running four major ultramarathons: The JFK 50-Mile Run, Badwater Ultramarathon, Western States Endurance Run, and the Comrades Marathon.

In my fourth book, In it for the Long Run, one of the most popular chapters with the readers was You can call me Al. It was all about my good friend Al Barker, the only person Ive ever met who brakes with his left foot. Wanting to capitalize on the popularity of using titles of Paul Simon songs, I reviewed his repertoire for an applicable title for this book. Since the book is about my last year on earth before turning 60 years of age, I initially considered Slip Slidin Away but thought th...

The first generation of spacemen stands at the edge of history, admired by a world that expects miracles and progress in equal measure. For one young graduate, that admiration carries a private weight. The future promises adventure, danger, and fame among the planets, but it also threatens to erase everything that feels solid, human, and lasting. As the days pass on Earth, the question stops being how far a man can go, and becomes what he is willing to leave behind to get there.The...

Vintage Sci-Fi 11 - 26 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Voltaire, Philip K. Dick and moreRing Around the Sun by Isaac AsimovThe Veldt by Ray BradburyThe Masked World by Jack WilliamsonThe Small Bears by Gene L. HendersonAccept No Substitutes by Robert SheckleyTwo Weeks in August by Frank M. RobinsonDance of the Dead by Richard MathesonSavage Galahad by Bryce Walton...

It is inevitable that all runners who have been pounding the pavement for a very long time will eventually slow down. Having run every day since November 30, 1978, Scott Ludwig certainly falls into this category. Considering that he can no longer run a single mile in the pace he ran 26 of them when he set his first marathon best many years ago, Ludwig finds he is ready to accept the reality of slowing down with age.Now that he has entered the ranks of the grizzled veterans,

Multiple races of marathon distance or greater in a month...or perhaps in a weekend. Several unsupported runs of 50 and 100 miles through the mountains and forests several times a year. Have you ever considered running through a desert, across a frozen tundra or over multiple mountain ranges? Why not run for three days straight to see how many miles you can accrue? Welcome to a place where no locale is too inhospitable and no distance impossible. Welcome...to the Darkside.The Darks...

Lost Sci-Fi Books 221 thru 225 brings together five remarkable stories from Fredric Brown, Clark Ashton Smith, Henry Kuttner, Edward W. Ludwig, and William Oberfield. Alien worlds beckon, strange forces threaten, and survival depends on facing dangers unlike anything found on Earth.Arena by Fredric Brown pits one human against an alien opponent with far more than two lives at stake. Isolated from their fleets, the two combatants must fight a battle...

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter or a poem speaks a thousand more... Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter or that of a poem. LIST OF POEMS: 1. Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Rob...

One of my favorite comic strips is Bill Wattersons Calvin and Hobbes. Its based on the adventures and misadventures of six-year old Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes. However, in Calvins mind Hobbes is the real deal, and the interactions between the two of them reflect that of a young boy and his living, breathing tiger friend. Calvins imagination is the stimulus of one of the most beloved, humorous and heart-warming comic strips of all time.Calvin is the antithesis of what is go...

Ive been around the block a few times.Over half a million times, actually.Assuming a block is approximately 100 yards long and 100 yards wide, running just over 130,000 lifetime miles equates to a few more than 500,000 times around the block.So yeah, Ive been around the block a few times.Ive had my share of ups and downs. The Boston Marathon, the Badwater Ultramarathon and having whatever it takes to run every single day since November 30, 1978 would fall in...

To: Editor, Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionI believe your newspaper has been missing something for the last two decades. In fact it was the original reason I became a loyal subscriber in the fi rst place: the thriceweekly columns of my all-time favorite writer, the late, great Lewis Grizzard. Trust me when I say that as a loyal University of Florida graduate its diffi cult for me to admit there is actually something good that came out of the University of Georgia, and that something w...

At last: The much-anticipated sequel to My Life: Everything but BUY THE BOOK! Part 1 is here!Read what some notable personalities had to say* and youll want to rush to plant your bottom on your favorite recliner, couch or commode and rip into the potpourri of subject matter youll find in Part 2:Jaw-Dropping!-Peter Benchley, author of JawsOut of this world!-Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moonSure to make your head spin...