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Is your daily run starting to drag you down? Has running become a chore rather than the delight it once was? Then The Happy Runner is the answer for you. Authors David and Megan Roche believe that you can't reach your running potential without consistency and joyful daily adventures that lead to long-term health and happiness. Guided by their personal experiences and coaching expertise, they point out the mental and emotional factors that will help you learn exactly how to become a happy runner and achieve your personal best. Following the "some work, all play" approach, The Happy Runner introduces the three commandments of happy running and teaches you how to balance the effort of running with the simple joy of the activity: * Learn how to run fast, run long, and stay healthy with proven training methods.
About the Author
As an inspirational humorist and motivational speaker, David has appeared throughout the United States and Canada, as well as in England, Russia, New Zealand and Australia. He has also performed at the Clinton White House and headlined at the Sydney Olympics Arts Festival. David has been featured in four films, including Shameless, a feature-length documentary from the National Film Board of Canada, and has spoken to many universities, organizations, and corporate clients. The Church of 80% Sincerity is his first book and is based on his signature one-man show of the same title.David was born in Hammond, Indiana, the eldest of seven children. His sixteen years of Roman Catholic education included four years studying to be a priest at Saint Lawrence Seminary in Wisconsin. David graduated magna cum laude from Saint Joseph's College with a BA in philosophy. He and his wife, Marlena Blavin, live on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia and in Marin County, California.
