Quest for the finish : diary of a distance runner / Jim Buck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buck, Jim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Runners (Sports)--United States--Biography.

Runners (Sports).

Running.

Buck, Jim--Diaries.

Buck, Jim.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication unknown] : [El Sobrante Press], [2020]

Summary:

Quest for the Finish--Diary of a Distance Runner is the story of one man's personal experiences in the custom of running. It details how he got mixed up in such an endeavor and how it became an integral part of his life; how it morphed into a preferred method for keeping fit. The author describes how a fitness routine can become a sport; how the everyday jogger can become an athlete; how the athlete moves from one challenge to the next. _x000D__x000D_In relating his running experiences over the years, the author provides detailed and inspirational accounts of his own experiences in training and in races at distances from 1 mile to the 26.2-mile marathon. These accounts offer valuable insights into training and racing techniques: the challenges of reaching the finish line; the joy of competition; the anguish when things go wrong. The book is also a travel log of sorts, since it provides descriptions of running adventures across the USA and in several foreign countries. The author takes the reader on an often humorous and sometimes painful journey from the novice runner to the peak of fitness, followed by the eventual slow decline in performance that comes with age and life's struggles.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Preface

I. Introduction

II. How It All Got Started

III. Training Runs

Washington, DC: A Capital Run on Christmas Day

Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge Run

Oakland: Middle Harbor Shoreline Park

IV. Intermediate Race Distances

The Mile

Main Street Mile, Westminster, MD

Track Races: Around and Around We Go

The 5K Race

Shamrock Run, Dublin, CA and Baltimore, MD

The 8K Race

Stadium to Stadium, Baltimore, MD

The 5-Miler

Zoo Zoom, Baltimore, MD

The 10K Race

Run vs. Row, Alexandria, VA

Run Through History-The Battle of Antietam

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Run, Annapolis, MD

Spider Mania: Tarantulas and a 10K Race, Brentwood, CA

The 12K Race

Bay-to-Breakers, San Francisco, CA

Across the Bay, San Francisco, CA

Bridge to Bridge, San Francisco, CA

The 8-Miler

Great Aloha Race, Honolulu, HI

Brickyard Run, Martinez, CA

The 10-Miler and 15K Race

Washington Parkway Classic, Alexandria, VA

Annapolis 10-Miler

Life is a Bowl of Cherries

Cherry Pie 10-Miler, Patterson Park, Baltimore, MD

Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run, Washington, DC

Cherry Pit 10-Miler, Edgewater, MD

Metric Marathon

V. Trail Running and Cross Country

Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run

California Half Marathon Trail Challenges May-June 1999

Lake Chabot Challenge, Alameda County, CA

Memorial Day Challenge, Clayton, CA

Devil's Slide, Pacifica, CA

Double Dipsea, Stinson Beach, Marin, California, June 26, 1999

The Dipsea Race, Mill Valley to Stinson Beach, June 2000-2016

Catalina Island Buffalo Ramble, July 2005

Briones Regional Park Turkey Trot, November 1996-2017

VI. Team Running

Lake Tahoe Relays, South Lake Tahoe

Golden Gate Relays: Calistoga to Santa Cruz

The Military Takes to the Road, October 2-3, 1998.

Calistoga to Santa Cruz Revisited, April 8-9, 2006

VII. The Half Marathon

Colonial, Williamsburg, VA 1992 and 1995

Black Dog, Bungay, England 2000

Mini-Marathon, Indianapolis, IN 2013

Livermore, CA 2015

Berkeley, CA 2016

Bay Breeze, San Leandro, CA 2018

Nashville, TN 2018

Santa Rosa, CA 2018

Bizz Johnson Express, Susanville, CA 2018

Las Vegas, NV 2018

London Monuments, England 2019

VIII. The Marathon

Marine Corps Marathons 1992 and 1993

Boston 1994

New York City 1994

Pittsburgh 1995

Napa Valley 1996

Cal International, Sacramento 1996 and 1998

San Francisco 1997

Big Sur 1998

Chicago 1998

Mount Rushmore 1999

Las Vegas 2000

Niagara Falls 2000

Grand Canyon 2001

Marine Corps 2001

Honolulu 2002 and 2004

Paris, France 2003

Philadelphia 2003

Berlin, Germany 2005

Avenue of the Giants, Humboldt, CA 2006

San Antonio 2006

Mont San Michel, France 2008

Yakima River Canyon, WA 2009

Québec City, Canada 2009

Oakland 2010

Baltimore 2010

Gettysburg 2011

Marine Corps 2011

Lost Dutchman, Apache Junction 2013

Venice, Italy 2013

Windermere, Spokane 2014

Rome, Italy 2016

IX. Running Abroad

Canada

France

Germany

Great Britain

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Korea

Thailand

X. Down for the Count: Running Injuries

Injury Avoidance

Hamstring and Achilles Issues

Plantar Fasciitis

Adductor Strains

Broken Bones

Exhaustion and Taking a Dive

Sun Damage and Poison Oak

Summary

XI. Epilogue

A Runner: The Road Back

A Runner: The Road Back-Part Two

Appendix

Half Marathons

Marathons

Personal Records.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781839780974

1839780975

OCLC:

1195469467