Going the Distance: One Man's Journey to the End of His Life

Going the Distance: One Man's Journey to the End of His Life by George Sheehan. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780679448433.

In his posthumous memoir, one of the worlds great master runners tells the honest and moving story of his battle against cancer and the final race of his life. A book for anyone touched by major illness or death, Going the Distance is an inspiring book by a man who wrote eloquently about the experience of living, of pushing to the limit as an athlete, and arriving at the finish line a changed person.