Running Ransom road - Caleb Daniloff

The monikers drunk, addict, abuser, and boozehound were Caleb Daniloff's for fifteen years. Now, the introduction that fits him best is My name is Caleb and I am a runner.

In Running Ransom Road, Daniloff, many years sober, confronts his past
by setting out, over the course of eighteen months, to run marathons in
the cities where he once lived and wreaked havoc. Competing from Boston
to New York, Vermont to Moscow, Daniloff explores the sobering and
inspiring effects of running as he traverses the trails of his former
self, lined with dark bars, ratty apartments, lost loves, and lost
chances. With each race he comes to understand who he is, and by
extension who he was, and he finds he is not alone. There are countless
souls in sneakers running away from something, or better, running past
and through whatever it is that haunts them.

In this powerful
story of ruin, running, and redemption, Daniloff illuminates the
connection between running and addiction and shows that the road to
recovery is an arduous but conquerable one. Strapping on a pair of Nikes
won't banish all your demons, but it can play an important role in
maintaining a clean life. For Daniloff, sweat, strained lungs, and
searing muscles are among the paving stones of empowerment, and, if he's
lucky, perhaps even self-forgiveness.