50 Halfs from First to Last follows the author through his first half marathon and his decision to run one race in each of the 50 states. He had a little tale or story for many of the races.
I wish he would have included a story for each of the 50 states, there were many gaps between the races. I also wish they could have been a little longer and went into more detail about the races, how he chose them, the terrain, the race itself, the participants and the points of interest along the route. Many of the stories were little more than when he arrived, what his timing was and a very little detail about where he was. Each one left me wanting just a little more.
Many of the pictures were beautiful, but had little to no contextual clues along with them.
There were several pictures that seemed to have been cropped or attacked with the eraser function in MS Paint which led to the pictures being more of a distraction than a compliment to the story. I'm sure this was done either due to copyright issues or because they did not have permission to publish the likeness of someone else who happened to be in the picture.
I don't want to take anything away from this amazing accomplishment, because it is absolutely amazing. He had an opportunity that very few people will ever have in their lifetime and he also recognized that he may never again have the opportunity to see most of those states in his lifetime. With that in mind, I guess I wished for a more vivid picture of what he went through during that two and a half year journey.
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