On The Run From Dogs and People

The third edition of Hal Higdon's classic book from 1971 about long distance running as it was practiced by a few hundred dedicated (and sometimes crazy) participants in the years before the boom. A funny and entertaining autobiography by Higdon, Runner's World's leading writer.

Hal Higdon is Senior Writer for Runner's World and author of 33 books, including the best-selling Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide, but he has written books on many subjects and for different age groups. His children's book, The Horse That Played Center Field, was made into an animated feature by ABC-TV. He ran eight times in the Olympic Trials and won four world masters championships. One of the founders of the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA), Higdon also was a finalist in NASA's Journalist-in-Space program to ride the space shuttle. He serves as a training consultant for The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon and operates that race's Virtual Training that sends daily emails to more than 20,000 runners. An art major at Carleton College, he lately has begun to sell and exhibit his paintings in a Pop Art style. Hal's wife, Rose, hikes, bikes, skis and manages book sales. They have three children and eight grandchildren.