by Matt Long, Charles Butler · Harmony/Rodale · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781609611798
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«The Long Run» is a sports memoir by Matt Long with Charles Butler, published in 2011 by Harmony/Rodale in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Matt Long, a New York firefighter, recounts his recovery after being hit by a bus in 2005. After more than forty operations, he had to overcome physical pain and the psychological collapse of not being able to compete. The book follows his determination to walk again and, three years later, complete the 2008 New York Marathon in seven and a half hours.
Charles Butler, co-author of the book, is an editor at Runner's World magazine and teaches journalism at Lehigh University.
For those interested in memoirs of perseverance, real recovery stories, and accounts of running and marathons.
