4.0

CNN correspondent Tom Foreman is asked by his college-aged daughter to train for a marathon with her. This starts a yearlong journey into running that starts with a marathon and continues through his first ultra marathon. Notice I said *first* ultra marathon. Spoiler alert-he kept running. This was a fun look into the life of a couch potato turned serious runner. From meanderings on frozen hills and upclose encounters with Mother Nature, Tom gives a humorous and endearing account of a wild, emotional year. But hidden beneath the sports drinks and magic beans, it's a sweet story of a man discovering something that he's lost and the family that cheered him along the way. I was rooting for him, too! It's a sweet, funny book that has me tempted to lace up my running shoes.

I listened to the audiobook and Tom Foreman was phenomenal. I highly, highly recommend that you experience the book through his voice.