The runners guide to the meaning of life reveals as much about reaching your full potential as it does about sport boston marathon winner amby burfoot one of runnings wisest voices presents 15 life lessons about passion courage materialism failure and regeneration all learned during his more than 35 years of experience in running he discusses a runners essential traits qualities necessary for everyone striving to reach a long term goal as well as the writing music and . As its opening pages reveal the runners guide to the meaning of life is not merely about running it is about living to your fullest potential amby burfoot one of runnings wisest voices here presents 15 essential life lessons about passion courage materialism failure regeneration and more all learned from experience during more than 35 years of running in this book amby discusses the essential traits of a runner traits that also are essential for all people wishing to reach . The runners guide to the meaning of life is another good one this book was first published in hardcover in 2000 its tough to know how much updating was done but no matter what editing took place it stands up pretty well on its own burfoot isnt afraid to think about some of the philosophical issues that often come up for runners. The runners guide to the meaning of life was written in 2000 by amby burfoot winner of the 1968 boston marathon i bought the book because it appeared on the amazon list of the 25 bestselling books on running it is only available in print not in e book format