Brendan Leonard Hates Running and You Can Too!

If you’ve run long enough or are just starting your journey, you
probably have a Iove/hate relationship with running. 
Running long distances is wonderful and completely irrational at
the same time.


To help me explore the delightful and nonsensical sport that we
all love to hate, I invited author and ultrarunner Brendan
Leonard on the Run to the Top.


Brendan is a freelance writer and illustrator whose new book, I
Hate Running and You Can Too, is a hilarious and relatable trip
into the mind of a runner that’s not going to top any podiums or
win any races, but still regularly runs irrationally long
distances.


Brendan started his popular website Semi-Rad.com in 2011 as a
channel for active, yet not elite athletes, who love to get out
there, but don’t take themselves too seriously.


He’s  a contributing editor at Adventure Journal and a
columnist at Outside. His stories have appeared in Backpacker,
National Geographic Adventure, Men’s Journal, Sierra, Adventure
Cyclist, and more.


He’s bicycled across America, runs hundred milers, and he is
continually amazed at the things that regular people can do.


His work is funny and insightful and he might just inspire you to
love (or hate?) your running too.


 


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