- Published: 15 March 2015
- ISBN: 9780224091978
- Imprint: Yellow Jersey
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $24.99
Running Free
A Runner’s Journey Back to Nature
- Published: 15 March 2015
- ISBN: 9780224091978
- Imprint: Yellow Jersey
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $24.99
A joyous, eloquent and lyrical account of one man's lifelong love affair with running... Running Free is simply the prod you need to make you step off the pavement and into the wild
Martin Love, Guardian
A much needed breath of fresh air
Alexandra Heminsley, Independent
[An] idiosyncratic, enjoyable tale... Never less than compelling
Alexander Larman, Observer
The most beautifully written book I have read in ages... Askwith explains why his mind is forever wandering towards thoughts of running freely, up hills, across fields, and through forests whose damp leaves look "like smashed Marmite jars". You can’t read such metaphors without being moved by them — literally
Amol Rajan, Evening Standard
Intelligent, evocative, passionate and above all enjoyable
Simon Redfern, Independent on Sunday
Very readable and inspiring
UK Press Syndication
I finished Askwith's book feeling an urgent need to run up the nearest fell, with no watch and no plan. Just me and my whistle, running free
Rose George, Guardian
Exhilarating
Iain Finlayson, The Times
Delightful and endearing…a contemplation of the beauty and joy of experiencing the world out there, beyond the tarmac
Boff Whalley, The Fellrunner
[Askwith's] prose is as easeful and exhilarating as his energy and attitude
The Times
An escape from the stopwatch tyranny of PBs and split times, this is a reminder of how to run for sheer joy
Runner's World
A captivating book, well-written
Cumberland and Westmoorland Herald
An inspiring account of running in natural surroundings
Bookseller
Richard Askwith’s memoir/guide Running Free inspired me to lace up my trainers and go yomping through the nearest woods
Sarah Franklin, Sunday Express
The paperback is worth picking up for any keen runners… [Askwith’s] flowing prose will inspire you to slip on your trainers and head outside
Sport
As a manual for sheer enthusiasm it can’t be bettered
Good Book Guide
His wonderfully evocative history of that north country oddity, fell running, captured my imagination on my first reading, and it has recaptured it on each subsequent one
Dr Sam Edwards, Outdoor Fitness
This is probably my favourite running book and I have returned to read it several times
Stride