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Come Jog With Me

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Contents

Dedication...............................................................................iiiLetter to President Obama................................................................vLetter to Michelle Obama.................................................................viiPreface..................................................................................ixAcknowledgements.........................................................................xiiLap 1 ~ The Revelation...................................................................1Lap 2 ~ Get Set and Go for It............................................................5Lap 3 ~ An Inspiration?..................................................................7Lap 4 ~ Why Humans Run...................................................................9Lap 5 ~ An Insurance Policy..............................................................10Lap 6 ~ The Initiation...................................................................13Lap 7 ~ Eureka...........................................................................16Lap 8 ~ Second Race......................................................................17Lap 9 ~ The Shoes and What's in 'Em......................................................18Lap 10 ~ When Your Breath Comes in Short Pants...........................................22Lap 11 ~ A Stitch in Time................................................................23Lap 12 ~ You May Shrink..................................................................25Lap 13 ~ Never Trust a Naked Runner......................................................27Lap 14 ~ Doin' What Comes Naturally......................................................29Lap 15 ~ To Top It Off...................................................................30Lap 16 ~ Stopwatch Love and Hate Device..................................................31Lap 17 ~ Go to College...................................................................32Lap 18 ~ Use Tact ,Fathead...............................................................35Lap 19 ~ Run Like You Stole Something....................................................36Lap 20 ~ Who Are You?....................................................................38Lap 21 ~ To Push Your Car Over...........................................................40Lap 22 ~ Walk and Run....................................................................41Lap 23 ~ An Idea Who's Time Has Come.....................................................43Lap 24 ~ Grandma Running?................................................................44Lap 25 ~ Publications....................................................................45Lap 26 ~ The Fair Sex....................................................................47Lap 27 ~ Workouts and Persistence........................................................49Lap 28 ~ Can Runners Smile?..............................................................52Lap 29 ~ A Mystique......................................................................54Lap 30 ~ Cramps..........................................................................55Lap 31 ~ Rails to Trails.................................................................58Lap 32 ~ Pick It Up a Little.............................................................59Lap 33 ~ The Reggie Lewis Stadium........................................................61Lap 34 ~ A Running Partner?..............................................................63Lap 35 ~ A Family Sport..................................................................64Lap 36 ~ About Exercise..................................................................65Lap 37 ~ Use It or Lose It...............................................................69Lap 38 ~ Running Thoughts................................................................71Lap 39 ~ Singing in the Rain.............................................................73Lap 40 ~ To Jog or Run...................................................................75Lap 41 ~ Guinea Pigs.....................................................................76Lap 42 ~ Hill Running....................................................................77Lap 43 ~ Cut and Run Bursts..............................................................79Lap 44 ~ Research Anyone?................................................................80Lap 45 ~ Sexology........................................................................83Lap 46 ~ Inherited Health................................................................84Lap 47 ~ Wolf Ancestor...................................................................86Lap 48 ~ More Enlightenment..............................................................88Lap 49 ~ A Downfall?.....................................................................90Lap 50 ~ Who Are All These People?.......................................................92Lap 51 ~ Late Bloomer....................................................................95Lap 52 ~ Race Names......................................................................97Lap 53 ~ What Trophies?..................................................................98Lap 54 ~ Fountain of Youth?..............................................................100Lap 55 ~ Take a Trip with Me.............................................................101Lap 56 ~ What's Going On?................................................................104Lap 57 ~ Don't Give Up the Ship..........................................................106Lap 58 ~ Prejudice.......................................................................107Lap 59 ~ About Speed.....................................................................109Lap 60 ~ Diet and Other Trivia...........................................................110Lap 61 ~ More Diet.......................................................................112Lap 62 ~ Outhouses and Salt..............................................................114Lap 63 ~ A Marathon? Forget It...........................................................116Lap 64 ~ Proof of the Puddin'............................................................117Lap 65 ~ Running With Pain?..............................................................119Lap 66 ~ Running Publicity...............................................................120Lap 67 ~ Special Track Meets.............................................................121Lap 68 ~ New England 65+ Runners Club....................................................122Lap 69 ~ Level the Playing Field.........................................................123Lap 70 ~ Hitting on Her..................................................................124Lap 71 ~ Do Runners Live Longer?.........................................................125Lap 72 ~ Cherry Picking the Research.....................................................126Lap 73 ~ The Invisible Runner............................................................128Lap 74 ~ Labor Day.......................................................................130Lap 75 ~ Why Runners Retire..............................................................133Lap 76 ~ Come Dream with Me..............................................................135Lap 77 ~ More Ponderings.................................................................137Lap 78 ~ Time to Quit....................................................................139Lap 79 ~ A New...