Author : Douglas Denys, M.d.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781496141293
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (412 download)
Book Synopsis Rhythm of a Runner by : Douglas Denys, M.d.
Download or read book Rhythm of a Runner written by Douglas Denys, M.d. and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhythm of a Runner appears to be a book about running, but the reader is soon captivated by the miraculous story about the life of a courageous child who overcomes his belief that he will die young from congenital heart disease, and instead becomes a successful endurance athlete and surgeon. It is as if the reader joins him on a trail run through life and is a witness to the extreme pressures, glory, and sadness experienced during the rigors of surgical training. With detail and emotion Denys shows how running provides a means to find comfort and express gratefulness for a second chance at life after recovering from heart surgery, a life threatening illness, and the chronic life-long reminder of his mortality caused by the beating of his erratic heart. The story brings the reader into the medical school anatomy lab, the operating room, the bedside of a child dying from cancer, the chaotic water of an Ironman Triathlon, the start line and the lonely trails of some of the most grueling endurance races in the world, and the exotic landscape of Kenya, home to elite runners and human tragedy.