Miller’s memoir details her evolving relationship with running from her first 5k to completing the New Jersey Marathon in 2013, the spring after Hurricane Sandy devastated her hometown on the shore. She uses that particular race to organize the book and intersperses reflection on that one race with broader reflection on the evolution of the central relationships of her 20s and 30s. Ultimately, she sees that her relationship with running has changed too: from something she viewed as punitive for a “bad” night of eating to something restorative and central to her identity.

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