{"product_id":"9780983956211","title":"Running After Prefontaine","description":"Like so many young runners in Oregon, Scott Parker came of age under the spell of the Prefontaine legend, which inspired his early understanding of running's purpose as being centered around discipline and will power. In Running After Prefontaine, Parker traces his running back to its roots in Northeast Portland and follows it forward in time as his relationship with running evolves to include a more nuanced approach to the sport. Whether he's literally running in Pre's footsteps in Coos Bay or Eugene, running on the beaches of Asia, or running himself past exhaustion in Portland's Forest Park, Parker is an astute narrator of the running experience. This intimate book, which connects running to the author's process of self-becoming, demonstrates how what we do makes us who we are. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is as brave, hypnotic, and oddly absorbing as its subject. Parker is a shrewd and innovative young writer, and no one who runs or thinks about what it means to run can afford to miss what he has to say. -Tom Bissell, \u003ci\u003eThe Father of All Things \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery runner will see something of their own running life in Scott Parker's \u003ci\u003eRunning After Prefontaine\u003c\/i\u003e. And more than that, you will be inspired to think about the meaning of running has for your life. Parker tells great stories about his running, from his first marathon experience to training in the land of Prefontaine. This book is an enjoyable journey through the running life with all that it holds: pain, pleasure, disappointment, and joy, along with Vaseline and Band-Aids. -Mike W. Austin, \u003ci\u003eRunning and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott F. Parker is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCoffee-Philosophy for Everyone: Grounds for Debate\u003c\/i\u003e and has contributed chapters to \u003ci\u003eGolf and Philosophy, Football and Philosophy,\u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eOlympics and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has also appeared in \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Now, Fiction Writers Review, The Star Tribune, Oregon Humanities,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOregon Quarterly,\u003c\/i\u003e among other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inside the Curtain Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50008348262640,"sku":"9780983956211","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780983956211_p0.jpg?v=1784258375","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983956211","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}