
Fat Man to Green Man
From Unfit to Ultramarathon
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Narrated by:
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Nick Rawlinson
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By:
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Ira Rainey
About this listen
Despite believing he was bionic as a child, Ira Rainey was far from an elite athlete with superhuman running abilities like the ones he read about in books. He was in fact an overweight and unfit slacker who felt a bit sorry for himself because he had sore feet.
Sure he ran a bit, but he also sat around a lot and ate and drank too much. Why? Because he could, and because he was a delusional optimist who thought everything would always be just fine.
That was until a friend was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given months to live. It was an event that would push Ira to tackle his apathy towards life and take on the challenge of becoming an ultramarathon runner, pushing himself to go further than he had ever gone before.
Fat Man to Green Man is a warm and humorous account of one man's quest to uncover his true super powers as he journeys from fat to fit and covering everything that came between the two.
It is a story of fields and friendships; mud and maps; but more importantly learning how to push yourself to achieve what you would never believe you could - and how to deal with the consequences.
It is a story of fields and friendships; mud and maps; but more importantly learning how to push yourself to achieve what you would never believe you could - and how to deal with the consequences.
©2014 Tangent Books (P)2015 Tangent Booksnice story
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Good listen
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Normal people going through normal stuff inspiring others to be their better self but still too long!
Inspirational but far too long
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I prefer authors to read their own books as it flows better, probably would have enjoyed reading this myself given the time.
Inspirational
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Nice easy listening
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the story is just his running journal. there isnt a huge amount of detail.in his personal journey, the ups or the downs. jist a lot of factual chronological details.
however IRA does write well, and despite the lack of interest in his runs, I was entertained for the duration.
so ao
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fun listening
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A great listen
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Bit boring
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A very pleasant and enjoyable listen.
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