First You Run, Then You Walk celebrates, the pleasures, mysteries, and demands of running --
and thinking about the sport -- over a lifetime. Tom Hart, a Boston-area coach, English teacher,
editor and literary agent, takes inspiration from the labor and devotion of the ordinary runner,
whether that runner conquers a mile, a marathon, or the rigorous courses of his schools girls
cross-country team. During his three decades of running, fourteen years of coaching, lifetime of
reading (especially his beloved Thoreau), Harts pursuit of the sport leads inevitably to profound questions and...