Ten Year Run is a wry memoir of the author's experiences training for and running in marathons following a life spent largely on the couch. With a style reminiscent of Bill Bryson, Ten Year Run covers the first ten years of Baker's running hobby, from his decision to do something about skyrocketing cholesterol to the successful completion of four marathons and the honor of carrying the Olympic Torch. Baker recounts humorous anecdotes from his marathon training (including mail order fashion disasters), discusses coming to terms with the absurdity of running the marathon (it's 26 miles, for...

In Ten Year Run, Todd Baker unabashedly shared his journey from couch potato to Olympic torchbearer and marathon finisher. Now, he confesses his love for the world's scariest and loudest music: Heavy Metal. Baker wears a tie by day and a Slayer t-shirt by night and has been a dedicated metal head for 35 years. And he's a really nice - and funny - guy. In Metal Fatigue, Baker humorously describes his apprenticeship in the heavy metal trade to explain how such a decent person can fall in love with such wicked music. From listening to Black Sabbath for the first time to interviewing...