Running Home
Subtitle: Big-League Wife, Small-Town Story
Publisher: Mill City Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9781635051070; 9781635051056
Subjects: Runners (Sports); Biography; Women athletes; Coureurs; Biographies; Sportives
Description: As the wife of a professional baseball player, Alisha Perkins has long struggled to find an identity of her own-a struggle made worse by an anxiety disorder that has plagued her since childhood. One afternoon during spring training, Alisha, eager for a few minutes to herself, decides to take a short run around the neighborhood. What she discovers is her first taste of the elusive runner's high, a release of her pent-up anxiety, and a chance to find her voice. As Alisha progresses from shorter distances to full marathons-eventually organizing charity races of her own-she is able to let go of th.
Notes: Goldy's 10 Mile Race (April 11, 2015)Acknowledgments.
Table of contents: title: Cover Page; Foreword; Prologue; Minneapolis Marathon (June 1, 2013); Goldy's 10-Mile Race (April 9, 2011); Minneapolis Half Marathon (June 5, 2011); Minnesota Half Marathon (August 6, 2011); 13.1 Minneapolis (August 21, 2011); Monster Dash Half Marathon (October 29, 2011); Lululemon Hot Toddies Run (December 4, 2011); Princess Half Marathon (February 26, 2012); Goldy's 10-Mile Race (April 14, 2012); Snoqualmie Half Marathon (May 5, 2012); Grandma's Half Marathon (June 16, 2012); Color Run 5k (July 15, 2012); Gopher to Badger Half Marathon (August 11, 2012); Fifteen's 5k (August 12, 2012).; title: Women Rock Half Marathon (September 1, 2012)Twin Cities 10 Mile (October 7, 2012); Nike Women's Half Marathon (October 14, 2012); Monster Dash 10 Mile & 5k (October 21, 2012); Goldy's 10 Mile Race (April 13, 2013); Minneapolis Marathon (June 1, 2013); Fifteen's 5k & Lululemon's SeaWheeze Half Marathon (August 18, 2013); Red, White and Boom Half Marathon (July 4, 2014); Tough Mudder (July 20, 2014); Fifteen's 5k (August 17, 2014); Lululemon's SeaWheeze Half Marathon (August 23, 2014); Monster Dash 5k (October 25, 2014); Hooters to Hooters Half Marathon (March 1, 2015).