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Portrait of a Marathon Runner
The Book
Portrait of a Marathon Runner is my first book in which I share my inner world of running and the global problems that surround us.
Through the eyes of a not so young marathon runner, a flaneur, and a dreamer, I share with my reader my journey. It is about becoming a Marathon runner as an inhabitant of the planet.
The book is a contemplation about the joy of running marathons and the dire straits that undocumented refugees go through. The two seem to be in tension if not downright inconsistency with each other. But, reading between the lines, a type of convergence is discernible into the human condition as such.
My marathon
Not only do I love running marathons, but I also adore talking about marathons in general and about the marathons I ran in particular.
It all started when I joined a running group that met in a park not far from where I lived in Tel Aviv. The rest is a long history of “my first”. My first run, my first race (10K), my first half marathon in Israel, my first half abroad, my first marathon, and now my first book.
I have nothing to say but superlatives such as “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”.
As a matter of fact, in all the races I ran and not only in the first ones, I fly high. Therefore, one day I sat in front of my desk and started typing my first book, “Portrait of a Marathon Runner - (as a not so young woman). I felt the need to share this feeling of mine with the world.
All I knew then is that whoever was going to read my book becomes my friend. So, I had no fear! I also had a hidden agenda in writing the book: to be, as much as possible, inspiring without holding back the hassles, the misfortunes, the pain, the distress, and the failures all along.
Reviews
My first review on Amazon. So exciting!
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Account
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2020
A beautiful voyage — An intimate, sincere, and humorous account ... Even the suffering experienced in running a full marathon reads light-hearted and like it is a privilege to have running injuries, which I suppose it is for Miriam! The back- and forth between the arduous length and the refugees plight also gave another perspective ..... A read it in one go book ... enjoyed it very much.
THANK YOU TINA
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