Dr. George A. Sheehan bol nadšeným obhajcom behu a jeho pozitívnych vplyvov na človeka. Vo svojej tvorbe skúmal hlboké spojenie medzi fyzickou aktivitou a celkovým bytím, pričom zdôrazňoval beh ako cestu k sebapoznaniu a plnšiemu životu. Jeho spisy sa vyznačujú introspektívnym pohľadom na šport a jeho transformačnú silu. Sheehan inšpiroval nespočetné množstvo čitateľov k preskúmaniu vlastných fyzických a duchovných hraníc.
Tells of the author's midlife return to the world of exercise, play, and competition, in which he found a world beyond sweat that proved to be a source of great revelation and personal growth. This book provides an outline for a lifetime program of fitness and joy, showing how the body helps determine our mental and spiritual energies.
As a columnist for his local Red Bank Register and later as the medical editor of Runner's World, Dr George Sheehan became, through the influence of his example and writing, the spokesperson for an entire generation of runners and the manifold benefits they discovered through the running lifestyle. This title presents a collection of his essays.