by Catriona Menzes-Pike from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. This post also contains affiliate links, which means if you click on the links and purchase the books, I'll make a little cash for books for future blog posts.Although I didn't plan it this way, it's kind of ironic that I chose Catriona Menzes-Pike's memoir, The Long Run: A Memoir of Loss and Life in Motion
to follow last month's selection Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports
by Kathrine Switzer. Menzes-Pike takes us through her journey of grief but intersperses her story with women's running history. There is mention of Switzer in the book (how could there not be?) along with other noted women runners, and I couldn't help but compare the 2 books. While Switzer's story was also very personal and historic, she wasn't running from something as much as towards something, which was a finish line. Menzes-Pike's journey arose out of grief and life challenges that she needed to run from.How many of us have started running for that very same reason?
