The Long Run Home

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Raw and inspiring </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Long Run Home</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a memoir of resilience belonging and the joy found in turning pain into purpose. The story of one woman with a mission to run 3288 miles solo across America for her mother and the disease that was crippling her.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ashley Schneider's life at sea seemed idyllic-belaying rock walls and leading surf lessons with friends in every port. She wasn't seeking a reason to confront the pain she carried from her mother's disease. Then an ordinary three-mile run in Barcelona called her home with an audacious idea to make a difference trading her cruise-ship uniform for running shoes and a borrowed motorhome.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Schneider ran through blistered feet heat exhaustion and doubt as she completed 125 consecutive marathons from San Francisco to New York-raising funds and awareness for MS research while testing the reaches of human strength courage and heart. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Long Run Home</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is equal parts adventure legacy and call to action proving the toughest terrain often leads us back to where we belong-and the truths that set us free.</span></p>