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Treadmill Existentialist
Treadmill Existentialist
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"In Thomas' quick, engaging novel, a young salesman finds love--and enlightenment--at the gym. An intelligent if slightly pat tale of young people searching for modern-day enlightenment". -- KIRKUS REVIEW
If you enjoyed WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? or Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance you'll enjoy this engaging novel about Roderick who seems to have it all. A parable of running to change your life.
The sales manager of a hydraulics company in Los Angeles, he's young, handsome, athletic and successful. He lives with his shrill but pretty girlfriend, Denise, who's clearly moving the two of them closer to marriage.
He meets regularly with his friend Mike ("Robin to Roderick's Batman") to lift weights at the gym, where they often speculate about the mysterious young woman they've nicknamed "The Rabbit" due to her exceptional dedication to running on the treadmill. Roderick finds himself daydreaming about meeting her, even as his life at work gets complicated by his Star Trek–obsessed boss, Dave, and the unexpected defection of two big accounts.
Roderick is a natural salesman, but the stresses of dealing with the shortsighted people around him ("No one wanted to wait for anything; they had no patience for the long game") seem to be piling up. Then he accidentally runs into "The Rabbit" and convinces her to join him for coffee. Her name is Valerie, and she's a "paradigm consultant" who works with groups and governments to find new solutions to old problems. She introduces Roderick to a new mental philosophy, a Zen-like, in-the-moment awareness that allows him to find a zone of pure concentration, both on and off the gym's treadmill.
"Sales is all about asking people to change," he reminds himself, seeing the benefit of this change right away. It changes his life while he and Valerie grow closer, especially after he uses his newfound running endurance to save her from a dangerous fate.
If you enjoyed WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? or Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance you'll enjoy this engaging novel about Roderick who seems to have it all. A parable of running to change your life.
The sales manager of a hydraulics company in Los Angeles, he's young, handsome, athletic and successful. He lives with his shrill but pretty girlfriend, Denise, who's clearly moving the two of them closer to marriage.
He meets regularly with his friend Mike ("Robin to Roderick's Batman") to lift weights at the gym, where they often speculate about the mysterious young woman they've nicknamed "The Rabbit" due to her exceptional dedication to running on the treadmill. Roderick finds himself daydreaming about meeting her, even as his life at work gets complicated by his Star Trek–obsessed boss, Dave, and the unexpected defection of two big accounts.
Roderick is a natural salesman, but the stresses of dealing with the shortsighted people around him ("No one wanted to wait for anything; they had no patience for the long game") seem to be piling up. Then he accidentally runs into "The Rabbit" and convinces her to join him for coffee. Her name is Valerie, and she's a "paradigm consultant" who works with groups and governments to find new solutions to old problems. She introduces Roderick to a new mental philosophy, a Zen-like, in-the-moment awareness that allows him to find a zone of pure concentration, both on and off the gym's treadmill.
"Sales is all about asking people to change," he reminds himself, seeing the benefit of this change right away. It changes his life while he and Valerie grow closer, especially after he uses his newfound running endurance to save her from a dangerous fate.
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