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Racing the Clock: Running Across a Lifetime

Bottom of the pile

12

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

6/100

Critics

17/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Bernd Heinrich

Publisher:

Ecco

Date:

July 6, 2021

An award-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his long-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetime.

What The Reviewers Say

Tony Miksanek,
Booklist
... tender.

Publishers Weekly
... Heinrich delivers a powerful reflection on his decades of competitive running that’s nicely colored by an exploration of the effects of aging on the human body.

Kirkus
Passionate meditations on the pleasures and pains of a lifetime of running, with greatest appeal to fellow runners..