F is for Fun in this lighthearted lexicon that spells out what it means to be a runner. It's 26 smiles of running enjoyment An inexpensive gift for the road warrior, trail trotter, or weekend jogger

Overthinking the Marathon is an intimate look at one man's preparation for his 21st marathon. Reading Overthinking the Marathon is like having Ray as your partner for a season of training, 17 weeks that culminate in the 2012 Cape Cod Marathon. Some days Ray talks about the nitty-gritty details, other days, it's about the things that make running interesting and fun, even - no, especially - when it hurts. Training for his marathon is important to Ray, but he leavens his obsessiveness with a dry humor that acknowledges that one mid-packer's race isn't going to change the world. -Ray Charbonneau...

-Idle Feet Do the Devil's Work- tells the real truth about running in an entertaining mix of facts, fiction, and opinions, all written with Ray Charbonneau's unique blend of curmudgeonly candor and humor. Join Ray for a wide-ranging look at why so many people spend hours every week risking sore knees and smelly shoes in order to cross one more finish line, maybe, if they're lucky, just a little faster than they ever have before. Inside these pages, Ray covers a dizzying array of topics, including his experience guiding a blind runner at the Boston Marathon in 2013, the triumphant return to...

-There are two tools that I use almost everyday to seek out balance and some semblance of sanity: poetry and running. Usually, the only place these two indulgences intersect is in my head while I'm on a run, sifting through an idea for a poem. With Simple Rhythms, Charbonneau has found that sweet spot where the two can coexist in a lighthearted, easy reading sort of way.- -Jason Fisk, author of Sadly Beautiful Anything you do regularly takes on layers of meaning. Running regularly certainly gives you time to think, and to find meaning in simple things and perhaps in things not so simple. In...