I have no idea if Bob is writting another book, but he should. He has plenty of material. Many of his articles have appeared in a local running publication, the Washington Running Report.

Bob is a well-seasoned runner who has verified, that which is most personal is most universal. Chapter 8 is the perfect example (I'm not going to tell you what it is, you have to read it). He is funny because he is sincere... he doesn't resort to dorky puns.

An amazingly well done first book. Buy it and savor the wisdom.

This book is extremely hilarious and I laughed my way all the way through it! Schwartz hits upon all the funny things that runners can relate to whether they're the hard core 100 mile plus per weekers or the middle to back of the packers. This is truly a wonderfully entertaining read and while there can be only so many ways to recite the same basic training principle, Schwartz takes us to where no running author has gone before - - into the wild and crazy running world of laughter. From chapters ranging from a runners affectionate relationship with his shoes, to the world of modern stretching to a side splitting look at the history of the marathon, Schwartz leaves no subject untouched. And his closing chapter, "Motivator in a Hat" is both humorous and compelling. I highly, highly recommend this book!

I just finished training long and hard this year and ran a half-marathon in Green Bay and the infamous Chicago Marathon in October. Mr. Schwartz brings all the training, worry, skill, fartleks and split times to true reality. Who else would line his family up on the driveway to practice running and grabbing water cups? Side-splitting reality to a recreational sport, that millions of us road-warriors take ever-so seriously. I read a chapter at the Dr. Office (I was in for a re-check after a bout with an ER visit for dehydration/heat exhaustion after a long run - did I say I am NUTS?) and realized I was laughing out loud, all the while other patients were sitting, staring with that bored, glazed looked in their eyes. If only I could have shared Mr. Schwartz's wit & humor about pinning the race number on his shirt at 2am, shopping for the best energy gel, and his thinking that the first-ever marathon had to have been run by Kenyans, not Greeks. It's a good read, the chapters are short (a fartlek of a book), and any runner will enjoy.