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This work is an autobiographical account. It is quite simply, a book that begins with my inevitable fall. From an addiction to tobacco, alcohol, amphetamines, pornography and food, I had a complete mental collapse at age thirty-seven. I had to rebuild from nothing. I had pushed away my family, been through four divorces and had little (outside of an impressive collection of Conan the Barbarian merchandise) to show for my time on Earth. I had literally reached my end.
In my path to rebuild, redefine and rekindle a semblance of self-worth, I directed my addictive personally and OCD into running. Counselling had failed, and faith alone had come up wanting. I needed to find strength within. With running, I had truly found a workable rehabilitation.
I managed, along my path to ultra-running, to make virtually every fundamental mistake. I was alone in these decisions –I really had no idea how to run. Running seems to be an inherent skill-set, like walking upright. It took me years to correct, research and replicate my style into a viable form.
This book is not a history of running, nor is it a manual of running styles. It is a book about one guy who managed to rebuild a shattered life through miles of trials. It details those novice mistakes, poor judgment calls and tragic errors that most runners encounter along their own winding paths.