Running Scarred: The Odyssey of a Heart-attack Victim's Jogging Back to Health

by Hamilton Maule

Book Overview

An account of how one heart attack victim used jogging to get back his health. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0841501513
• ISBN13: 9780841501515
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Saturday Review Press
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A very good read by someone who turned his life around...

In 1966 (or there abouts Hamilton "Tex" Maule had a massive heart attack as he was leaving NYC to cover an Ali fight in Canada. The rest of the book is Maule's autobiography on how he sat at death's door and then turned his life around, and became healthier with running. In the 60's common post heart attack patients were told to "take it easy." The prevailing wisdom being that physical exertion would be the catalyst for another heart attack. But Maule, with some research and personal expperiences, realized that his heart could withstand strenuous exercise and became a fit individual by running. There is insightful reading in this book, as well as, some very humorus moments. I recommend this book to anyone who is trying to decide taking up running as a lifestyle habit.