Reborn on the Run, Catra Corbett
Reborn on the Run, Catra Corbett
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Reborn on the Run
My Journey from Addiction to Ultramarathons

Author: Catra Corbett, Dan England

Narrator: Allyson Ryan

Unabridged: 7 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/20/2018

Synopsis

Aside from her rock star looks, Catra Corbett is a standout in the running world on her accomplishments alone. Catra is the first American woman to run over one hundred miles or more on more than one hundred occasions and the first to run one hundred and two hundred miles in the Ohlone Wilderness, and she holds the fastest known double time for the 425-miles long John Muir Trail, completing it in twelve days, four hours, and fifty-seven minutes.

And, unbelievably, she's also a former meth addict.

After two years of addiction, Catra is busted while selling, and a night in jail is enough to set her straight. She gives up drugs and moves back home with her mother, abandoning her friends, her boyfriend, and the lifestyle that she came to depend on. Her only clean friend pushes her to train for a 10K with him, and surprisingly, she likes it and decides to run her first marathon after that.

In Reborn on the Run, the listener keeps pace with Catra as she runs through difficult terrain and extreme weather, is stalked by animals in the wilderness, and nearly dies on a training run but continues on, smashing running records and becoming one of the world's best ultrarunners.

About Catra Corbett

Catra Corbett, a former meth addict, is now the first American woman to run one hundred miles on more than one hundred occasions and holds the fastest known time for the John Muir trail of 425 miles, completing it in twelve days, four hours, and fifty-seven minutes. Her story has been covered in SBNation, ESPN W, HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, Runner's World, Fit and Feminist, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other outlets. She lives with her trail-running dachshund, TruMan, in Fremont, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on December 20, 2018

One of the hardest books to rate due to the vast dichotomies within. This book is at once inspiring and incredibly boring. Motivating, yet depressing. Easy to read, but extremely poorly written. I enjoyed getting to know Catra and hearing her story out of addiction. But the subtitle is slightly misl......more

Goodreads review by Jenna on May 22, 2020

I purchased this book after hearing such great things about it. I had an encounter with Catra at the 2013 San Francisco marathon expo. She was working a booth selling women's clothing. I got a really nasty look from her, that really had me feeling insecure. She is tiny, as she mentions often in this......more

Goodreads review by Ron on March 19, 2018

A post-addiction athletic memoir elevated by a kind, searching, thankful and unpretentious spirit. I should note that I'd never heard of, or seen, Ms Corbett prior to this book. It's interesting enough, if you enjoy memoirs written by interesting people leading unusual lives, on its own merits witho......more

Goodreads review by Mary on May 27, 2018

First, to be honest I am a huge fan of the Dirt Diva Catra Corbett and all she stands for. I am also a soul whose only home is in running. So, I was already expecting to like this book. However, not all runners can write, not all runners have such a beautiful story, and not all runners have such sty......more

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