The Humiliation Tour

DEAN KARNAZES, Ultramarathoner and NY Times bestselling author
“The Humiliation Tour is deeply moving, and profoundly human. Jeffrey Recker is a gifted storyteller.”

BILL RODGERS, American Marathon Legend
“I love this story and wish it for everybody.”

2023 READERS' FAVORITE 5-Star Review ★★★★★
“Just when you think it can't get more hilarious, it does.”

The Tall Tale of Billy Ball

In this satirical comedy, a cross-country star can’t outrun a humiliating life and the angst of growing up. In trouble with the law and entangled in a web of bureaucracy, he’s stripped of the one thing that had defined his life, and his future – running.

Washed up from competition, his pursuits are reignited by the haunts of his great-grandfather, a casualty of unfinished business on the world’s grandest stage, the Boston Marathon.

Jeff Recker lives at the base of the Colorado National Monument in Grand Junction, Colorado, with his wife, two children, and three rescue dogs. An outdoor enthusiast, he's an avid runner, cyclist, triathlete, and generally just loves to sweat and get dirty, a source of material found in his writings. Jeff is an accomplished athlete, competing in over thirty marathons and eight Ironman triathlons. Among his many literary achievements, he's received national acclaim for his novel, The Humiliation Tour, a satirical comedy, released in March, 2023 by BarkingBoxer Press.