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royalfireworks ([personal profile] royalfireworks) wrote in [community profile] runners2011-05-15 01:15 pm

Media about running?

[Mods, if this isn't really in the community's line, I apologize; delete if needed.]

Hi! I'm fairly new to this community, but I'm working on a big list of running-related media--literature, film, drama, music, poetry, nonfiction (more on the personal side than the mechanical how-to stuff)... etc?--and thought you guys would probably know a few. ;)

What are your favorite works about or related to running?

My very preliminary list is here.
lyras: Sparkling tree (Default)

[personal profile] lyras 2011-05-17 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Just to offer another perspective, I really enjoyed the Murakami book. :) Although his story of how he became a writer filled me with jealousy (in a nutshell: "One day, I thought I would write a book. So I did, and then it won a competition, and suddenly I became a noted writer."). It's fairly digressive, but I rather enjoyed all his musings (on himself, his writing and his running).