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Running for My Life

How I Built a Better Me, One Step at a Time

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For listeners who enjoyed Alexandra Heminsley's Running Like a Girl and Bryony Gordon's Mad Girl, Running for My Life is a funny, heartfelt and inspirational story of one woman's marathon journey through mental illness.

Suffering from depression but desperate for 'normality', Rachel Cullen found herself in failing relationships, the wrong career and a reliance on alcohol and chocolate to get her through each day. Stuck in an endless cycle of mental misery, she put on a pair of old trainers.

She'd never been able to think of herself as a 'runner' before, and the first time she forced herself out the door, she knew it would hurt. Everywhere. She just didn't realise how much it would heal her, too.

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I loved this book. It resonated in so many ways and has helped me a little further along my running journey.

An Inspirational book

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I found this easy to listen to and thoroughly enjoyed the Yorkshire accent of the narrator. The retelling of Rachel's life story is something that is easy to relate to for many of us. Life throws challenges at us constantly - body image, relationships, family, mental health issues, time pressures to name a few. Rachel speaks very candidly about the role running has played in her life - the highs and the lows, during these challenging times. I enjoyed listening to this on my commute and it sparked a range of emotional reactions. Thanks for being my car buddy for the last week.

Down-to-earth and honest

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loved the positive take on a life managing mental ill health and feel very motivated to see if running could help to improve my mental health.

a lovely heart warming story

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fairly interesting story. it did jump around a fair bit and was confusing at times.

ok story. grating narrator

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Loved the narrator, read with great expression and humour. Very honest and funny. Highly recommended.

Brilliant !

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Brilliantly written and such a great read if you’re into running. I love it so much I’ve already read it twice.

Favourite Running Book

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Absolutely love this book, very well written and extremely inspiring. I highly recommend this to anyone wanting to get into running or improve their running.

Fabulous and inspiring

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Made me laugh, cry and inspired me to battle my own demons. Going for a run now.

A truly inspirational, touching and real story

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It’s definitely not as good as some of the running stories I’ve read, such as Running like a girl. It talks through the authors while life from a young age and I found those chapters uninteresting. I stick with it and the second half is definitely better with more running stories but it’s not one I’ll read again.

Not as much running as I’d like

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Absolutely loved this book. Very inspiring and resonated with me in lots of ways. Def worth a listen.

Brilliant listen

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