Thirty Phone Booths to Boston: Tales of a Wayward Runner

This book will make you laugh out loud -- at Kardong's coverage of the Boston Marathon by phone, for example. It will also make you think, as he describes the impact President Carter's decision to boycott the 1980 Olympics had on his running career and competitive spirit. In between, there are lots of great stories about Kardong's running adventures. Even runners who aren't at Kardong's level will enjoy his tales of life on the trails, and identify with many of the fixes he finds himself in -- running hilly trails in a wild rainstorm, for example, and trying to decide how much more he can take before he hits the top of his misery scale