John Bingham

  ,A funny thing happened on my way to middle age. I became an athlete. And not just any athlete, but a runnerâ€”all without taking a running step until I was 43 years old.,
,Known by fans as "The Penguin" for his back-of-the-pack speed, John Bingham is the unlikely hero of the modern running boom. In this warm, witty memoir, the best-selling author and columnist recalls his childhood dreams of athletic glory, sedentary years of unhealthy excess, and a life-changing transformation from couch potato to "adult-onset athlete.",Overweight, uninspired, and saddled with a pack-and-a-half-a-day smoking habit, Bingham found himself firmly wedged into a middle-age slump. Then two scary trips to the emergency room and a conversation with a happy piano tuner led him to discover runningâ€”and changed his life forever.,In turns inspiring, poignant, hilarious, and heartbreaking, ,An Accidental Athlete, is the story of the unexpected joys of runningâ€”the pride of the finisherâ€™s medal, a bureau-busting t-shirt collection, intense back-of-the-pack strategizing. And one manâ€™s discovery that middle age was not the finish line after all, but only the beginning.
Nonfiction,Sports,Sports,Autobiography,Memoir,Biography,Health,Sports,Fitness,Humor,Inspirational,Biography,Autobiography
An Accidental Athlete: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Middle Age