Running for My Life

by Rachel Ann Cullen

Overview

Suffering from depression but desperate for "normality," Rachel Cullen found herself with failing relationships, the wrong career and a reliance on alcohol and chocolate to get her through each day. Stuck in an endless cycle of mental misery, she put on a pair of old trainers. She'd never been able to think of herself as a "runner" before, and the first time she forced herself out the door, she knew it would hurt. Everywhere. She just didn't realize how much it would heal her, too. Interspersed with Rachel's real diary entries, from teenage non-runner to London Marathon finisher (just months after giving birth), she questions if she really can outrun her demons.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781911274841
Publisher:	Bonnier Books UK
Publication date:	01/11/2018
Edition description:	None
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Rachel Cullen is a writer, blogger, author and runner. She is also a reformed ex-commercial litigation solicitor. Amongst other things, she has abseiled off Table Mountain, jumped out of a plane at 11,000 ft, climbed Mount Fuji, worked on a game reserve in South Africa, qualified as a scuba diver and ridden an ostrich.

Editorial Reviews

"Brave and inspiring, Running For My Life moved me to tears. It also moved me into my trainers and out for a run! - Ruth Field, author, Get Off Your Ass and Run!


"Full of heart and beautifully told . . . inspirational, melancholy and often very funny, it's kind of a road map of the inner soul—I loved it." —Liz Loves Books blog


"Written wittily, honestly and with a "take no crap" attitude, I could feel the warmth of [Rachel] as a person in her writing. Anyone who is hungry for change, looking for "the light" or even running their first marathon and needing a little insight; this book is FOR YOU! I loved every chapter of this book." —Lipstick & Trainers

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