Wired to Run The Runaholics Anonymous Guide to Living With Running Addiction

Over 35 million people will go running this year in the United States alone. For some of us, it's more than just a hobby-over 11 million of us are runaholics."Runners and addicts. Addicts and runners. The two hardly seem to go together . . . unless you're one of those people who periodically put a couple of miles on your "running" shoes and then think things like, "Boy, this feels good. I could go all day long." Then you do. Or at least try to. Running and addiction-as in "running addiction"-do indeed go together like chocolate and peanut butter, asWired to Runmakes so perfectly clear.Written by Scoop Skupien, a habitual runner for the past 30 years and the founder of Runaholics Anonymous,Wired to Runis a humorous trip through the world of runaholics and a host of issues that the running obsessed can't quite leave in their dust. It's a good-natured satire of healing groups that will keep readers-whether they're runners or run enablers-laughing page after breathless page.Central to the book and the whole online Runaholics Anonymous organization is Skupien's 12-Step program for recognizing and dealing with this mental and very physical disorder. From "We admit that we are powerless over running" to "We reach the Pinnacle: the ability to run in moderation," the self-help style mixes laughs with actual training tips and other helpful advice. The combination-along with hilarious analysis of six different running "types" that encompass just about anyone who's ever broken a sweat-pokes great fun at runners, their odd habits, and their running rituals. It's definitely fun on the run!Skupien, Scoop is the author of 'Wired to Run The Runaholics Anonymous Guide to Living With Running Addiction', published 2006 under ISBN 9780740757051 and ISBN 0740757059.