Going the Distance: One Man's Journey to the End of His Life

George Sheehan
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In his posthumous memoir, one of the world's great master runners tells the honest and moving story of his battle against cancer and the final race of his life. A book for anyone touched by major illness or death, Going the Distance is an inspiring book by a man who wrote eloquently about the experience of living, of pushing to the limit as an athlete, and arriving at the finish line a changed person.
Genres: NonfictionSportsMemoirPhilosophyBiography Memoir
185 Pages

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