20B20W - 9th book

Running with the Buffaloes by Chris Lear is such a beautiful read for a runner, especially someone in training like myself (as of today), that it is difficult to give up on reading it. Well, I solved the problem the only way I knew - read it in one sitting into the night. So here I am at peace at 1:46 am tapping out a short review of the book.

The book tells a riveting tale of the Colorado University's Cross Country Team of 1998 and their punishing training in their quest of the NCAA championships. To read about legends such as Lagat, Abdirahman and Adam Goucher (a CU runner) as they raced as collegians and competitors makes you want to pinch yourself in disbelief. It would make an outstanding inspirational movie in my opinion. And the surprising part is that it is a real story, with more drama than you would expect even from a movie.

Strong recommendation to any runner. Readers who love generally inspirational tales would do well to read it as well, even if they had a passing interest or none in running