Run for Your Life: One Runner's Personal Journey

Difficult things we do immediately; impossible tasks just take a little longer.After running over 15000 miles and more than 140 races including 40 full and half marathons all after age 55 the impossible became possible for a former overweight out-of-shape 33-year smoker who ran his first 26.2-mile full marathon at age 57. From his early life growing up in rural Pennsylvania as the oldest of seven children through a life-long career as an advertising agency executive to eventually becoming an avid runner Art Zimmermans personal life journey will inspire and encourage runners and nonrunners alike to reach beyond their own expectations and self-imposed limits. Through the eyes of an addicted late-in-life runner Run for Your Life chronicles how difficult challenges can be overcome with enough motivation dedication and perseverance-like running a marathon even at age 72.