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The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances: 5 (The Oatmeal)

The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances: 5 (The Oatmeal)

by Matthew Inman (Author), Matthew Inman (Author), The Oatmeal (Author)

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    Paperback 2014

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Synopsis

This is not just a book about running. It's a book about cupcakes. It's a book about suffering.

It's a book about gluttony, vanity, bliss, electrical storms, ranch dressing, and Godzilla. It's a book about all the terrible and wonderful reasons we wake up each day and propel our bodies through rain, shine, heaven, and hell.

From #1 New York Times best-selling author, Matthew Inman, AKA The Oatmeal, comes this hilarious, beautiful, poignant collection of comics and stories about running, eating, and one cartoonist's reasons for jogging across mountains until his toenails fall off.

Containing over 70 pages of never-before-seen material, including A Lazy Cartoonist's Guide to Becoming a Runner and The Blerch's Guide to Dieting, this book also comes with Blerch race stickers.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 148
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: 30 Sep 2014
ISBN 10: 1449459951
ISBN 13: 9781449459956

Media Reviews
A short, laugh-out-loud graphic book about the promises and perils of exercise.The hilarious and the profound are often only inches apart, and Inman (Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants, 2013, etc.) consistently nails the space between them. Sure to delight Inman's fans and probably win him some new ones.

(Kirkus Reviews)
This graphic novel of sorts is for those of us who run so that we can have a guilt-free donut or five; those of us battling our inner fat kids. Writer and illustrator Matthew Inman, aka The Oatmeal (from his blog), chronicles his arc from a chubby sometimes jogger to a ultramarathoner who runs until his toenails fall off. You can't help but conclude: If The Oatmeal and his inner Blerch (the ultimate self-underminer) can do it, you can, too. (New York Post)
Finally! A voice that sings with the blerches of angels! (Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run )
He runs so hard his toenails fall off. He asks himself, why? Why do I do this? Here, gorgeously, bravely, hilariously, is Matt's deeply honest answer. (Robert Krulwich, NPR)
All runners wonder, at some point or another, why we do what we do. Mr. Inman's explanation is the best I've ever seen. And the funniest. Because he is clinically insane. (Mark Remy, Editor at Large, Runner's World and author of The Runner's Rule Book )
You will have seen many of these cartoons on his website, The Oatmeal, but there is so much more in this book, and the price is well worth the extra content. Not only that, there is no excuse to not have this if you are a runner. I cannot express how many times I put this down and cried laughing. (Joe Hempel, Top of the Heap Reviews)
Author Bio
TheOatmeal.com is an entertainment website full of comics, quizzes, and stories. The site gets more than 7 million unique visitors and 30 million page views a month, and 250,000 blogs and websites have linked to it. TheOatmeal.com is written, drawn, and coded by Matthew Inman, a king of all trades when it comes to the Web. Matthew lives in Seattle, Washington, with his dogs, Rambo and Beatrix.