Scan Running Ransom Road: Confronting The Past, One Marathon At A Time Expressed By Caleb Daniloff Readable In Audio Books

always enjoy learning about why others have chosen to start the journey of running a marathon.
I am not that brave yet and only run half marathons but it is an equally challenging and rewarding adventure for me.


Caleb's book is broken up into seven chapters, one for each race that he runs.
Intermingled between the story of his training and the race is his backstory into his alcoholic past.
I found this book fascinating because of his descriptions and honesty of his past and his insight into why people choose to start running.
While we have a very different background, I found myself agreeing with many of his ideas on running and the accomplishments, both physically and mentally, that we receive when completing a race.
Caleb's journey is a very inspiring one and I thoroughly enjoyed reading his story,

I would recommend this book to any runner, especially for one who is just starting out and looking for some inspiration.
I was very pleased to win Running Ransom Road through GoodReads, I am not a runner and have had a pretty tame life compared to Mr, Daniloff, but his story is about much more than running and marathons and what a "bad boy" he was.

It was quite intriguing to go though his life with him as he both looked back and ran forward.
I enjoyed reading about his thoughts as he ran I do not "get" why people do marathons and run this way, but it was definitely part of his healing process.

Daniloff writes with honesty, and puts it all out there for us to share the journey with him.
I would definitely recommend this for people who run, or are interested in running, Also, for those struggling with addiction, a troubled past, or people who like to read interesting autobiographies, this would be a good read as well.
And guess what I think I might just lace up my shoes and see what I think.
. . No longer do I run from my demons, but run with them, We pace each other, the past and me, And some days, I go faster,

That statement was made in the prologue of this memoir, I realized then I'd enjoy this book.


I won't pretend or act like I know what it's like to go through the things Caleb went through before writing this book.
I will acknowledge though, that I have a few demons that I still need to deal with.
They're just not the same as Caleb's demons of drugs and alcohol, The book chronicles his ups and downs as he runs races in locations that are central to his destructive past and how he essentially used running as one of his main recovery tools.
During the different chapters he recounts his bad deeds in the town he's running through, some of the stories are raw.
He holds nothing back and let's everyone see the vulnerable bits of his former life,

I think my favorite chapter was when he was recounting the Marine Corp Marathon, where he finally realized that he focused too much on the numbers and let it go.
He ended up finishing shortly after his goal time and he was ok with it, something he wasn't able to accept before.


This book made me realize how much I've missed running regularly due to the cold weather and snow we've had this winter.
I can't wait for the spring,
I admit I'm the target market for this book, A runner, in recovery.

But I'm also a cynic, a skeptic and a hard sell when it comes to giving up time to read 'something else.
' I've been blessed to experience several extraordinary adventures with my recovery and running over the past several years.
I've read countless articles, papers and books on the subject of recovery and running, Undeniably, Caleb Daniloff's Running Ransom Road is simply the best, and hit me the hardest,

I got more than my money's worth from this book, because I can't get parts of it off my mind, even weeks after reading the last page.
It was compelling, honest, real, funny and resonated with me deeply, even though my story is very different from Daniloff's in many ways.
It never fails to blow my mind how our details may be different, but the knowing and the connection can be so powerful.


I didn't read this book when it first came out, I was 'too busy, ' But it found it's way to me when it was supposed to, Thank God. "There are countless souls in sneakers running away from something, or better, running through and past whatever it is that haunts them.
" Caleb Daniloff

This is the story about one mans journey of sobriety and the part that running holds for him in maintaining that recovery, both from that addiction and to learning to care for and forgive himself.


I found that although I don't have an alcohol or drug addiction, I was able to identify with a lot of his self image issues

that he talks about.
I used to be severely over weight and at one point was atpounds on a five foot four frame.
There is a lot of self hate there and the self abuse cycle is consistent with other forms of addiction.
A year after I started I am more than a hundred pounds less and I run when my knees let me.
"There are countless souls in sneakers running from something, . "

I think this book can touch people in many ways and is well worth anyones time to read.

Once again I wish there were a way to give a half star on top of the regular rating, this is a.
for me. Very easy read that keeps you wanting more, As I was reading I copied down some quotes that I thought were good, so enjoy!

No longer do I run from my demons, but run with them.


Strapping on running shoes led to a reflection I didn't need to turn from, Without realizing it, I'd found another chance to become,

The only person you have to measure up to is yourself,

Maybe you never outrun your demons, but I'd you maintain forward motion you might just get them to tire a little.


Pain is just weakness leaving the body

I'm running in a state of gratitude and acceptance.
I enjoy books about running and also memoirs about overcoming something so this seemed like something Id surely like he reflects on his past alcoholism and recovers via running.
But, it didnt quite work for me, I really enjoyed some chapters such as the one in Moscow, Yet, others didnt work so well, A few great individual essays but maybe not enough for a book, Without question, "Running Ransom Road" is one of the most amazing book I have ever had the pleasure to read.
The author Caleb Daniloff, journalist and contributor to Public Radio, puts it all out there for the world to see.
His addiction to alcohol, his bed wetting as a child, his dysfunctional and antisocial behavior, and so much more craziness through his life as an adult is documented.
Daniloff did not follow the A, A. path to sobriety, although he implemented some of their precepts in his recovery, Instead, he decided to quit drinking and start running long distances to cleanse his body, mind, and soul.
Running becomes his new obsession and he decides to run a marathon in every city where his drinking got him in trouble.

The writing of this memoir is almost poetic, Words leap off the page and the beauty of Daniloff's writing is immeasureable, I came to like Caleb very, very much with each passing page, He's no saint and he certaintly never claims to be one, but he understands his limitations and his flaws.

He knows he is reformed drunk, but he is proud to be a long distance runner.
In closing his book, he writes, "I'm running in a state of gratitude and acceptance, " That pretty much says it all, .