The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon (Unabridged) The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon (Unabridged)

The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

On the morning of December 22, 2005, New York City firefighter Matt Long was cycling to work when he was struck by and sucked under a 20-ton bus making an illegal turn. The injuries he sustained pushed him within inches of death. Miraculously, after five months in the hospital and more than 40 operations, Matt was able to start his recovery. In addition to his physical injuries, Matt found the psychological consequences of the accident nearly as hard to process. In the 18 months before the accident, he had competed in more than 20 premier athletic events and had qualified for running’s most prestigious race, the Boston Marathon. After the accident, one doctor told him he’d be lucky if he could even walk without a cane.

The Long Run
is the emotional and incredibly honest story of Matt’s determination to fight through fear, despair, loneliness, and intense physical and psychological pain to regain the life he once had. It chronicles Matt’s road to recovery as he teaches himself to walk again and, a mere three years later, to run in the 2008 New York City Marathon.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
MDN
Matthew Del Negro
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
08:40
hr min
RELEASED
2010
October 12
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
279.5
MB

Customer Reviews

andysoto0324 ,

Excellent Audio Book.

So inspirational that it should be made into a movie. I listened to it because I’m a runner but this book is more than running, it shows what the human spirit can achieve if you want it bad enough. Excellent listening hard to stop.