HONEY, DO YOU NEED A RIDE?: CONFESSIONS OF A FAT RUNNER

Book ID/图书代码： 07633012B58547

English Summary/英文概要： This laugh-out-loud comedic memoir of life as an overweight runner moves along at a five-minute-per-mile pace. Jennifer Graham doesn’t run to lose weight - she runs for the joy of endorphins. But life’s not always easy when the blubber hits the road. She must endure not only her self-made exhaustion and lactic acid, but the bemused stares of neighbors, offers of car rides from strangers, and the disdain of the dominant strain of runner - those long, lean "shirtless wonders."

The challenges of being a fat runner, however, disappear faster than a pint of whisky-pecan ice cream when Graham’s marriage implodes and she finds herself a single mom with four children, two donkeys, and a really bad attitude. To cope, she registers for a half-marathon she ran 10 years ago, to see if she’s made any progress, or if she’s just been running in place. She is rejected by the big-name coaches she contacts, but finds grudging assistance in the spirit of the late Steve Prefontaine. "Yeah, I know he’s been dead 35 years; it’s a minor metaphysical challenge."

Graham’s irreverent, hilarious and brutally honest story will appeal to runners and non-runners alike, fat or thin. It’s fast-twitch meets slow-witch, with an outcome that’s out of this world.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这本让你大笑的的生活幽默回忆录讲述一位超重跑步者以五分钟每英里的速度跑步的故事。詹妮弗•格雷厄姆不是为了减肥而跑步，而是因为内啡肽的愉悦。但是当脂肪要碰到地面时，生活并不总是容易的。她必须忍受的并不只是身体的疲惫和酸软，还有邻居困惑的目光，开车兜风的陌生人对她提供的搭便车，其他跑步者的不屑——那些长得高又瘦，赤膊上阵的跑步者。

当格雷厄姆的婚姻崩溃，发现自己是四个孩子，有两头驴的单身母亲时，她的心态非常糟糕，肥胖跑步者的挑战消失的速度比一品脱威士忌—山核桃冰淇淋还快。为了应付，她注册了一个她10年前跑步的半程马拉松，看看她能否取得任何进展，或者只是在原地踏步。她拒绝了大牌教练的训练，但发现于了上世纪史蒂夫•普雷方丹的勉强援助精神。“是啊，我知道他已经死了35年，这是一个小的形而上学的挑战”。

格雷厄姆的不留情面，热情和敢说真话的故事会吸引运动员和非运动员，胖子和瘦子的一致好评。“这是一个快肌遇到慢肌，并得到了这个世界不曾有过的结果的故事。”(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：对《亲爱的，你需要搭便车吗？：肥胖跑步者的自白》一书的好评

Praise for Honey, Do You Need a Ride?"

“詹妮弗以一种你熟悉和喜爱的声音，像一位老朋友那样在写作。她对沉重跑步的描述，无论是增加重量或增加负担都让她的经历得到普遍跑步者和非跑步者的一致好评。她克服困难的精神会让你为她欢呼，和她一起跑步，一起吃冰淇淋。最终，不是身体的大小起作用，而是心脏的大小在作用。而这个运动员的心脏是巨大的。”——克里斯汀•阿姆斯特朗，三个孩子的母亲，《跑步者的世界》的特约编辑，《大道地标》：女性跑步最重要的理由

“这是为中速跑步者，曳步而行者和起步缓慢，越来越没力的跑步者准备的。记住：有很多人比那些那些高大骨感赤膊上阵的人更棒。詹妮弗以坚定诚实，幽默的语调为我们讲述了一个美丽的故事。”——约翰•宾汉姆，《开始的勇气》，《不需要速度》和《一个偶然的运动员》的作者

詹妮弗•格雷厄姆可能会惊讶强有力的跑步一族成为了她的读者。你不必因为是一个肥胖跑步者而享受这个感人的回忆录。如果你曾经爱上了跑步；如果跑步是你忠实的伙伴；如果跑步是你度过困境的生命线，那么你会认同格雷厄姆的故事。好吧，也许不是顽固的人或超自然训练，但是当你读完这本书，你会希望加入格雷厄姆的跑步，因为这样你可以听到更多的故事。——卡拉•道格•拉斯托姆，《成为铁人三项和热（汗）妈妈们》的作者：成为合适妈妈的五个秘诀

詹妮弗•格雷厄姆是一位热情，你希望的炮般伙伴。她会让你想要跟随慢慢跑到波士顿，跑完后吃上巧克力奶油圣代。如果你喜欢跑步，笑，吃和阅读，你一定会喜欢这本书。——艾琳•巴顿，《等待的地方》：学会欣赏生活中的小延迟

"Jennifer writes like an old friend speaks, in a voice you know and love. Her descriptions of running heavy, whether with added weight or added burdens, make her experience universal to runners and non-runners alike. Her overcoming spirit makes you want to cheer for her, run with her, or eat a pint of ice cream with her! Ultimately, it’s not the size of the body but the size of the heart that counts. And this runner’s heart is huge."
-Kristin Armstrong, mother of three, Contributing Editor for Runner’s World,Mile Markers: The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run

"Here’s to the mid-pack runners, the back-of-the-pack shufflers, the start-slowly-and-taper-off champions. Just remember: there’s a lot more of us than there are of them (those tall skinny Shirtless Wonders). And Jennifer Graham tells our story beautifully, with unflinching honesty and laugh-out-loud humor."
-John "the Penguin" Bingham, author of The Courage to Start, No Need for Speed, and An Accidental Athlete

"Jennifer Graham might be surprised when the sinewy running tribe she longs to conform to becomes readers of her book, because you don’t have to be a ’fat runner’ to enjoy this moving memoir. If you’ve ever fallen in love with running; if running is a constant companion; if running has been a lifeline through bad times, then you’ll identify with Graham’s story. Okay, maybe not the donkeys or the paranormal coaching, but when you’re done reading you’ll wish you could join Graham on a run, just so you can hear more."
-Kara Douglass Thom, author of Becoming an Ironman and Hot (Sweaty) Mamas: Five Secrets to Life as a Fit Mom

"Jennifer Graham is the hilarious, pee-your-pants running partner you wish you had. She’ll make you want to move to Boston just to pound out a few miles alongside her and slam down a ginormous hot-fudge sundae with her post-run. If you love running, laughing, eating, and reading in equal measure, you’ll love this book."
-Eileen Button, author of The Waiting Place: Learning to Appreciate Life’s Little Delays

About the Author/作者介绍： 詹妮弗•格雷厄姆在因为生育过多被迫成为一名自由职业者之前是一位报社记者。她是南卡罗来纳州本地人，现在在写作，以及在波士顿郊区跑步，她和四个孩子，两头驴，两只猫和边境牧羊犬住在那里。

Jennifer Graham was a newspaper reporter before excessive procreation forced a freelance career. A South Carolina native, she now writes and runs in the suburbs of Boston, where she lives with her four children, two donkeys, two cats and a border collie. Send sheep.

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