Cover of Running for My Life: On the Extreme Road with Adventure Runner Ray Zahab

Running for My Life: On the Extreme Road with Adventure Runner Ray Zahab

Running for My Life is the story of a man's journey from a world of partying and hard living to a world of eco-challenges, epic long-distance races, and championships. As a young man, Ray Zahab almost lost himself to excessive drinking and smoking. Then on New Year's Day of the year 2000, he caught a glimpse of where his partying would lead him and decided to turn his life around. Running for My Life is a brave and bold autobiography that follows Zahab's travels down the roads to destruction and redemption. It is a book that documents one man's passion for challenge, distance, and discovery.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 239 pages

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