Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
39th out of 88 books
—
238 voters
Chasing The Runner's High: My Sixty Million Step Program
by
Ray Charbonneau (Goodreads Author)
Chasing the Runner's High is the story of how Ray Charbonneau pushed his addiction to running up to, and then past, his limits. Ray shares what he learned, what he should have learned, and what he still has to learn from running.
Marshall Ulrich, four-time winner of the Badwater Ultramarathon, says the book "provides a hard look into the mind of a runner, offering advice th...more
Marshall Ulrich, four-time winner of the Badwater Ultramarathon, says the book "provides a hard look into the mind of a runner, offering advice th...more
Paperback, 260 pages
Published
October 12th 2010
by Createspace
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
60)
As a runner, and writer, Chasing The Runner's High is a gift, a book I might have killed for in high school, certainly begged for, because books like these weren't written then, or at least published, and so there was little to read about my most compulsive of compulsions, much less any way to know whether other people were like this. And yet, its more than that as well, because ultimately this is a book about addiction and craving and all we will do to fill that kind of void, which makes Chasin...more
Ray certainly did chase the runners high and fueled my chase for the same. Reading his play by play of training for and running in the Vermont 50 and the Vermont 100 made me consider them as options. Well Ray and a couple of other runners competing in the Vermont 50 this year who said, well you can walk parts of it, you don't have to run the full 50 miles. Perhaps some day.
He did touch on the aspect of running, and chasing that high, and drinking that I have been evaluating in my own lifestyle....more
He did touch on the aspect of running, and chasing that high, and drinking that I have been evaluating in my own lifestyle....more
This is a bit of a slog, even though I think his angle of compulsive running is quite interesting. It feels like the author would have benefitted from an editor to chase him back to the point of what he was trying to say. In particular the sections on gear rambled on and on and ON. And I adore reading about gear! He just wasn't saying much but in the wordiest way possible.
I did enjoy his thoughts on the reasons he ran, how he set about to do some of the things he has done and the fall out. But s...more
I did enjoy his thoughts on the reasons he ran, how he set about to do some of the things he has done and the fall out. But s...more
(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted illegally.)
It's important to know before going into it that Ray Charbonneau's Chasing the Runner's High is not for everyone; in fact, it's a very specific guide geared almost exclusively to his fellow runners, one that has its general moments but that is mostly focused on very specific looks at clothing, exercises, r...more
It's important to know before going into it that Ray Charbonneau's Chasing the Runner's High is not for everyone; in fact, it's a very specific guide geared almost exclusively to his fellow runners, one that has its general moments but that is mostly focused on very specific looks at clothing, exercises, r...more
The book starts off slow and ends slow but there is actually a story in the middle somewhere, where the author discusses the toll that he paid for years of ultrarunning. It was a bit of a slog to get through this book as the writing is not great but I found it worth the effort overall.
I do think the author downplays the role of alcohol in his rate of injury though. Clearly drinking that much was not going to beneficial to the body in any manner, and then stacking 50 miles races on a dehydrated a...more
I do think the author downplays the role of alcohol in his rate of injury though. Clearly drinking that much was not going to beneficial to the body in any manner, and then stacking 50 miles races on a dehydrated a...more
Best book on running ever!
(OK, I wrote it.)
(OK, I wrote it.)
Nice running book. Entertaining and informative. Good book Ray!
Jun 04, 2013
Vana Marie
marked it as to-read
May 14, 2013
Lauren Marino
marked it as to-read
Apr 13, 2013
Michael Dorgan
marked it as to-read
Mar 29, 2013
Matej
marked it as to-read
Feb 19, 2013
Lissaleo
marked it as to-read
Feb 13, 2013
Cary
marked it as to-read
Feb 11, 2013
Heather Cotton
marked it as to-read
Jan 26, 2013
Epadafunk
marked it as to-read
Jan 22, 2013
Jorge
marked it as to-read
Jan 07, 2013
Morgan
marked it as to-read
Dec 15, 2012
Maddy
marked it as to-read
Dec 05, 2012
Evi
marked it as to-read
Oct 27, 2012
K
marked it as to-read
Oct 09, 2012
Klingon1
marked it as to-read
Aug 25, 2012
marlon
marked it as to-read
Aug 16, 2012
Kelly Grady
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
