Running with Raven

Author: Laura Lee Huttenbach
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Kensington, 2018
Pages: 288
Rating: Recommend

Synopsis: In 1975, Robert "Raven" Kraft made a New Year's Resolution to run eight miles on Miami's South Beach each evening. Over 125,000 miles and seven hurricanes later, he has not missed one sunset-and he has changed the lives of thousands who have run with him.

From all fifty states and over 85 countries, across all age groups and backgrounds, people come to run with Raven. In the process they find friendship, inspiration-and a nickname.

Among them is author Laura Lee "White Lightening" Huttenbach, who has logged over a thousand miles of Raven Runs. Here she explores the stories of dozens of others about why they started running with Raven-and why they keep coming back.

Raven is a legend in the running world, and his story is an invaluable reminder that the journey means little without the connections forged along the way.

Review: My "sister-in-law" ran with Raven on her 50th birthday earlier this month. We visited them just before that trip, and she told me I had to read this book.