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How to Lose a Marathon

A Starter's Guide to Finishing in 26.2 Chapters

by (author) Joel A. Cohen

read by Nicholas Techosky

Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Initial publish date
Jun 2017
Category
Running & Jogging, Sports
  • CD-Audio

    ISBN
    9781543619539
    Publish Date
    Jun 2017
    List Price
    $14.99

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Description

In How to Lose a Marathon, Joel Cohen takes listeners on a step-by-step journey from being a couch potato to being a couch potato who can finish a marathon. Through a hilarious combination of running tips and narrative, Cohen breaks down the misery that is forcing yourself to run.

From chafing to the best times to run, explaining the phenomenon known as the "Oprah Line", and exposing the torture that is a premarathon expo, Cohen acts as your satirical guide to every aspect of the runner's experience. Offering both real advice and genuine commiseration with runners of all skill levels, How to Lose a Marathon lets you know that even if you believe that the "runner's high" is a complete myth, you can still survive all 26.2 miles of a marathon.

About the authors

Joel Hillenburg Cohen is a Canadian writer for Saturday Night Live, Suddenly Susan and The Simpsons. He is the younger brother of one-time Simpsons writer Robert Cohen, who penned the season three episode "Flaming Moe's". Cohen received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1988 from the University of Alberta.

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