This is an easy read and an inspiring story. I admire him for successfully conquering his alcoholism. The amount of pain this man has gone through is unbelievable. It makes running a marathon look like an easy task in comparison.

Something very interesting I picked up from the book is the Hadd Method of endurance training which, in a nutshell, says you need to run slower (about 70& of your heart rate) to get faster over time.

The only thing that jars is his ‘plant-powered’ diet. He takes all sorts of weird supplements and needs to eat vast quantities of vegan stuff like avocadoes in order to power himself through endurance events. Both of these things seems silly and unnecessary to me.