Running All over the World

Anthony L. Copeland-Parker

• Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781636980300
• eBook ISBN: 9781636980317
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Diseases & Allergies

When Anthony L. Copeland-Parker and his partner Catherine were in their fifties, they learned that he needed a heart-valve replacement, and she had early-onset Alzheimer's. Their past experience as endurance athletes lead them to react accordingly—to sell their home, retire from their jobs, and become nomads, running marathons and half-marathons all over the world.

Anthony L. Copeland-Parker's Running All Over the World began as a blog written during his travels, a nonfiction account of his five-plus years of flying, running, walking, sailing, and sightseeing with his partner Catherine—from Atlanta to Antarctica and back again. Part travelogue and part medical memoir, Anthony's writing transports readers to exotic places like Madagascar, Bhutan, and the Great Wall of China while providing a look at the day-to-day realities of living out of a suitcase.

Running All Over the World is an offbeat story about life and love, recounting the trials and tribulations of an ex-pilot with a passion for vistas and logistics and a woman so tough she walks a half-marathon in the Australian Outback mere weeks after breaking her ankle. During their years as nomads, Anthony and Catherine tested the physical and mental limits of their bodies and finished every race hand in hand.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Chapter 1: Refusing to Act Normal
• Chapter 2: The Hospital Endurathon
• Chapter 3: Why We Run
• Chapter 4: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
• Chapter 5: Does Exercising Your Brain Do Any Good?
• Chapter 6: It’s the People, Stupid
• Chapter 7: You Can’t Do and See it All
• Chapter 8: Thoughts on Pain
• Chapter 9: Running the Numbers
• Chapter 10: Does Running Slow Down Alzheimer’s?
• Chapter 11: The Boston Experience
• Chapter 12: The MINDSET Trial
• Chapter 13: There’s a First Time for Everything
• Chapter 14: We’re Not on Vacation, This Is Our Lifestyle
• Chapter 15: A Time Warp, Then Time to Reflect
• Chapter 16: This Does Not Suck
• Chapter 17: Here We Go Again
• Chapter 18: Searching for Aha Moments
• Chapter 19: It Never Gets Old
• Chapter 20: As the World Turns
• Chapter 21: In Pursuit of Seven Continents and Fifty States
• Chapter 22: Can We Live Here?
• Chapter 23: Nomads (Noun): People Who Wander from Place to Place
• Chapter 24: Can We Live Here? (Part 2)
• Chapter 25: Sometimes It’s a Little Better to Travel than to Arrive
• Chapter 26: Old Friends and New Best Friends
• Chapter 27: Run Like an Egyptian
• Chapter 28: In Pursuit of All Fifty States (Part 2)
• Chapter 29: The Beginning of the End
• Chapter 30: This Is It, or Is It?
• Chapter 31: The Finale—for Now
• About the Author
• Appendix