180 Running Books

Thanks to Santa, three new running books brought my total number of running books to 180. Dang, that's a lot! You can see them at my personal Library Thing link (most with ratings): http://www.librarything.com/catalog/ultrarunner

My latest three from Christmas are:

• Virgin Territory: The Story of Craig Virgin
• Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human
• The Self-Coached Runner, Vol II

So far, I've only read about 30 pages of each book. All three seem good, but the Craig Virgin one is really interesting as an Illinois runner. He grew up in a small town in southern Illinois and went to college at the University of Illinois. He was a Big Ten, NCAA, and world cross country champion. And he trained at Lake of the Woods trails just a few miles from the university--my local trail system. Now when I run those same trails, I can imagine training like a world-class runner! I think 2018 is going to be a great running year for me.