tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post8302555741265925098..comments2024-03-28T12:05:47.779-04:00Comments on Racing Stripes: Believing in My Book, My Message, and MyselfElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265175590096078175noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-65552365436176646662016-08-11T14:54:27.341-04:002016-08-11T14:54:27.341-04:00This is amazing, Elisabeth. Another tribute to the...This is amazing, Elisabeth. Another tribute to the fact that sometimes you can't rely on the "experts" but have to trust your own gut. I can't wait to read!!Sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10196296268895103846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-71083727218087191982016-07-28T21:17:14.280-04:002016-07-28T21:17:14.280-04:00Great post, Elizabeth, thanks for putting this up!...Great post, Elizabeth, thanks for putting this up!! I'm a process geek (as you know!) and I wondered just how you got this published. I DID read the book, loved it so much and feel like I know you in many ways now. I'm thrilled to hear the book has legs (no pun intended) and continues to please you. <br /><br />The book publishing business has it's own world. And now technology lets individual authors bypass the barriers and say what he/she wants to say. Your story resonates...your transparency is contagious. <br /><br />Was thinking about you earlier today, hoping you can get back on the road soon!!!! Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09405132833234395104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-86969491243370800742016-07-28T11:44:18.513-04:002016-07-28T11:44:18.513-04:00This is awesome! Way to get it done and believe i...This is awesome! Way to get it done and believe in yourself. One of the things that I liked about your book is that it WASN'T written by an elite athlete! It was very relate-able!Amy Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310648835376582679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-12179449019598030942016-07-26T08:43:12.349-04:002016-07-26T08:43:12.349-04:00You must be so proud :) What a great response and ...You must be so proud :) What a great response and what a success! Awesome work.<br />I personally think that reading a running book from an elite would actually not interest me. How can I relate that to myself? These seemingly superhumans are in no way comparable to me - they live and breathe running and make their living from it. To me of course running is a huge passion but it's a big step away from how an elite would view and live it. It's why I enjoy reading blogs so much and tend to avoid any elite blogs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566278530342212908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-66950441439633847882016-07-25T14:30:04.461-04:002016-07-25T14:30:04.461-04:00Thank you for being such a great "ambassador&...Thank you for being such a great "ambassador" of the book. I appreciate you recommending it to others, and I think that these recommendations are what's fueling the book's success. :-)Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265175590096078175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-16731940536176558702016-07-25T14:29:17.370-04:002016-07-25T14:29:17.370-04:00Thank you! I have been following you for years and...Thank you! I have been following you for years and you are certainly a dedicated runner. You will make it to Boston!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265175590096078175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-40819485551117680122016-07-25T14:28:36.193-04:002016-07-25T14:28:36.193-04:00That's so cool that your friend had heard of t...That's so cool that your friend had heard of the book. I definitely did not anticipate it to sell as many copies or become as well known as it is already! I do think that many runners out there simply do it for fun and have little desire to get faster. Some people do it just to experience different races, to keep in shape, etc. But for the ones who decide that they want to have goals, get faster-- yes, it's good to know that with hard work you can realize your full potential!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265175590096078175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-6093995917537135072016-07-25T11:02:01.480-04:002016-07-25T11:02:01.480-04:00Well you showed them! Takes courage to get it out ...Well you showed them! Takes courage to get it out there and like you said, the book was written so what is there to lose? I loved it and I know a couple people who I recommended it to who have bought it as well. Congrats!Jeph Maagshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875562198832611158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-10826793668666565182016-07-25T10:57:34.658-04:002016-07-25T10:57:34.658-04:00Confession: I haven't read the book yet but ho...Confession: I haven't read the book yet but hopefully I can read it before going back to work. I too hope to one day qualify for Boston but I still have a LONG way to go. I am not giving up just preparing myself and making my way there. <br /><br />I love reading about the positive feedback about your book! :-)Zenaida Arroyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18137949290555784656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189875022254484779.post-73144622524737461462016-07-24T19:34:19.415-04:002016-07-24T19:34:19.415-04:00I haven't read the book yet. We're going o...I haven't read the book yet. We're going on vacation in a few weeks. I'll most likely buy it and read it on the plane. But I have read a lot about your book on Amazon. Also, a few weeks ago a running friend came to stay at my house- and both of us were reading First Ladies of Running, then she commented that she wanted to read Boston Bound because she'd heard of it. Word gets around :). <br /><br />I think you appeal to a subset of runners that don't "get" a lot of the other books. Let's be honest, training books and information are everywhere for someone who wants to run a race. You can print off a plan or read a book- what people NEED is motivation to put in those runs each week. They need to see that in the end, those runs will pay off. Maybe not this week, this month, or even this year- but they will pay off. I'm not particularly religious, but I'll be the first to admit that distance running takes a TON of faith. If people see someone else who stuck with this whole running thing until it paid off, then they will get the motivation to stick with it as well.<br /><br />As someone who knows how it feels to run a 33:15 5K and a 20:53 5K, I love reading anything from someone who has improved (particularly your blog as well as Teal Burrell, who is an elite runner and qualified for the OT marathon, but whose first marathon was over 4 hours). Thank you for sharing the message of improvement in a running culture that is permeated by "my race my pace", "turtle runner", and people who simply choose not to believe. Amy Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197087030892201936noreply@blogger.com