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Index
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Part 1: Transformative Experiences
1. The Gauntlet
The Summer of Challenges
What Is Life?
In Progress
The First Steps of the Distance Maven
2. The Runner and the Maven
I Only Run When Chased
Why Do You Run?
Once a Runner
The Maven
3. The Distance Maven: A Search for Courage
War, Bungee Jumpers, Streakers, and Thieves
Cliff Jumping, Enlightenment, and Running the Edge
Self-Actualization and Peak Experiences
The Self-Actualized Distance Maven
4. Because It’s Hard
Someday Is Today
The Night I Died
5. The Curse of Normal and the Chains of Average
Carpe Diem! Carpe Viam! Dead Poets and Runners
No Time to Kill
Weirdos, Freaks, and Breaking the Mold
Something’s Fishy
The Five Life Stories
The Boiling Frog
Part 2: The Six Mirrors
6. Get off the Couch: Initiative
Two Years in a Life
Bear Peak
7. There Is No One Else: Responsibility
The Line Between Tough and Stupid
Way of the Reactor
Responsibility Is No Joke
8. Then Comes the Hill: Determination
Rock Bottom
What Would a Reactor Do?
The Staring Contest
9. When to Bend: Adaptability
How to Ruin Everything
Changing of the Guard
Walking the Line
Naked Death Quest
10. Get Real: Integrity
The Great Myth
Be Great at Something Else
More Than a Runner
11. Kindred Spirits: Person-ability
“My Daughter Is Crazy”
Don’t Be a Jerk!
Emotional Deposits and Positive Regard
Part 3: Elusive Happiness
12. Mosaic Me
“This Is Good! But You Know What Would Make It Better?”
Real Versus Ideal
Have-Do-Be Versus Be-Do-Have
13. Closing the Gap
Something Special
The Long Run
14. Alcoholics Anonymous, World of Warcraft, and the Mavens Guild
The Power of Group Support
Forging a Mavens Guild
Saying It Out Loud
Common Ground
15. Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After
Once Upon a Time: The Ben Davis Story
Happily Ever After
16. In Progress
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
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