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From Identity to Inspiration: A Reading List on Why We Run - Longreads

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Six thoughtful reads on why writers run.

This story was funded by our members. Join Longreads and help us to support more writers. Running is a sport of contradiction. Finishing a marathon is at once extraordinary and unremarkable: Running 26.2 miles is an exceptional achievement, but it’s also one that 1.1 million people complete every year. In running, themes of life and death coexist. On one hand, it’s a celebration of what the human body can do and achieve. Some events, like cancer charity runs, are associated with the will to survive. But at the other end, in the sport’s most extreme races like the 135-mile Badwater Ultram

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