Lizzy Hawker - Runner, book

This is a very interesting book that essentially falls into three chapters;

1) her background and the races she has entered and in a lot of cases, been the women's winner, particularly her five UTMB successes.

2) her love of Nepal, especially poignant given the recent devastating earthquake there.

3) coping with successive stress fracture injuries and your own inner demons.

It is a very refreshing read that does not have a single training plan, or guide to how to eat and drink as a runner, but I would almost say it is an indirect guide to being a more In-tune, enriched better person.

Lizzy has a rich life of experiences instead of needing stuff, and an absolute oneness with herself and the Nepalese when in Nepal, hence she spends as much time there as she can.

At 274 pages it is a relaxed read, but like me you might find the third section which about her accepting the realities of facing oneself when you are unable to run, will worm their way into your subconscious and start to ask questions of yourself, which can never be a bad thing.

I would recommend this book as one to either buy or get from your library (if like mine) they stock it.

I have intentionally not gone into detail as tapestry of the her life so far is cleverly weaved in way that in my opinion should be read in full and not be summarised beyond the three sections above.