
Running into the Dark
A Blind Man’s Record-Setting Run Across America
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 months free
Buy for $24.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Gary Galone
-
By:
-
Jason Romero
A man takes on the challenge of a lifetime after hitting rock bottom. He finds himself divorced, unemployed, and in a deep depression when a degenerative eye condition renders him blind with limited light perception.
Feeling a calling to run across America, he dedicated the next two years of his life to prepare for, and ultimately run, more than 3,000 miles from California to New York in less than 60 days, averaging 51.5 miles per day, to log the seventh-fastest transcontinental foot crossing in the history of the world - less than 300 people have crossed America on foot.
It was, and remains, the only transcontinental foot-crossing by a blind person.
This is not just an audiobook about running. This is a story of success and failure, healing and hurting, and loss and love. It is an audiobook about struggling with adversity, learning to not give up or give in, to accept one's self for all that one is, and is not. It is every person's story.
Running into the Dark is a manifesto about how to continue onward. Jason Romero is a highly sought-after keynote speaker for conventions, conferences, and commencements, a US Paralympian who was fourth in the world at the Paralympic World Marathon Championships in 2015, a holder of 13 world records in ultrarunning, the subject of a full-length documentary, and an author. In addition, Jason has been an attorney, an executive at GE, and a CEO of a nonprofit that helps children with autism.
©2017 Jason Romero (P)2018 Jason RomeroListeners also enjoyed...



















Onward!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Inspiring
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The Inspirational Journey Onward
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Wow, what a journey
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
And this is what I find so compelling about this book. This isn't a highly polished and refined biopic written by a ghost writer, but rather a personal introspection; this is how Jason Romero views himself and his life. It's both baffling and insightful to follow Jason quitting his job and moving his children away from their mother to a new home in Colorado, where he spends his days training for the Leadville 100, and rationalizes the decision as putting his children ahead of his career. It's fascinating to hear Jason describe the pain and cramps in his legs every ultra runner feels during a multi-stage event, and imply that because he is legally blind his pain is valued by society more. Here's a keen insight into someone who achieved many great things, and when inflated with narcissism believes they achieved greatness.
Gary Galone's narration nailed the attitude of the underlying text. Galone's delivery is strong and assertive yet relaxed, presenting the persona of someone who is comfortable and believes in himself and believes everyone else believes in him as well.
An unfitered story of courage and narcissim
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Thanks for sharing your story with the world.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Inspiring
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Inspired.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I usually love endurance memoirs
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.