- A
- squadron
- of
- spectators
- screamed
- and
- hooted,
- and
- Liam
- could
- feel
- his
- legs
- lighten.
- It
- was
- possible.
- He
- could
- run
- at
- any
- speed
- now;
- he
- would
- accelerate
- and
- accelerate
- and
- accelerate.
- .
- .When
- Liam
- Walker
- joins
- a
- running
- club
- in
- New
- York
- City,
- it's
- with
- some
- trepidation.
- Liam
- has
- always
- loved
- running,
- but
- the
- world
- of
- team
- racing,
- and
- the
- camaraderie
- that
- goes
- with
- it,
- are
- new
- to
- him.
- Still,
- after
- years
- of
- stagnancy--working
- for
- the
- same
- magazine,
- living
- in
- the
- same
- apartment,
- and
- jumping
- from
- one
- short-term
- boyfriend
- to
- another--he's
- ready
- to
- try.At
- the
- club,
- Liam
- meets
- athletes
- of
- every
- stripe.
- Some
- are
- fiercely
- competitive,
- others
- more
- interested
- in
- the
- after-race
- bagels
- or
- team
- nights
- out
- partying.
- The
- revelations
- on
- the
- track
- hardly
- compare
- to
- what
- happens
- off
- it--the
- romance
- and
- heartaches,
- rivalries
- and
- injuries.
- And
- as
- the
- year
- unfurls
- leading
- to
- the
- ultimate
- challenge--the
- New
- York
- City
- Marathon--Liam
- starts
- to
- realize
- all
- the
- ways
- in
- which
- life
- is
- measured
- by
- hills
- and
- valleys,
- in
- how
- far
- you're
- willing
- to
- push
- yourself,
- and
- in
- who's
- waiting
- for
- you
- at
- the
- finish
- line.
- .
- .Robert
- Lennon
- works
- in
- corporate
- business
- development
- at
- a
- large
- global
- law
- firm
- and
- is
- a
- former
- president
- of
- Front
- Runners
- New
- York--one
- of
- the
- largest
- LGBT
- athletic
- clubs
- in
- the
- world.
- A
- former
- journalist
- for
- The
- American
- Lawyer
- magazine,
- Rob
- spends
- much
- of
- his
- time
- writing.
- As
- an
- avid
- runner
- who
- has
- completed
- the
- NYC
- marathon
- five
- times,
- Rob
- fuses
- his
- talents
- as
- a
- writer
- and
- a
- runner
- through
- this
- work.
- Rob
- has
- a
- Master's
- Degree
- in
- Journalism
- from
- Columbia
- University
- and
- a
- BA
- in
- History
- and
- Psychology
- from
- Duke
- University.
- He
- lives
- in
- Connecticut
- with
- his
- partner,
- Mark,
- and
- their
- twin sons.
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