Preorder HUNDERT-MEILEN-HERZ
Limited T-Shirt Bundle Available
[Diesen Das Z Letter gibt es auch auf Deutsch]
Okay, wow, my Hundert-Meilen-Herz book project has been a lot of work in the home stretch. Actually, I should have known that since Runhundred: Every time you think you're done, you've just unlocked another layer of work – or rather, revision. But since last Monday the lid is finally on: Hundert-Meilen-Herz is in print and available for preorder as of today. Unbelievable!
A few weeks ago, I explained why Hundert-Meilen-Herz is not just a translation of Runhundred, but a entirely new version in German. This has become even clearer in the last few weeks while working on the layout and photo selection. With dozens of previously unpublished photos and beautiful graphic details, Hundert-Meilen-Herz reads like a wholly new book, even for those who have already devoured Runhundred. I, for one, am delighted with it, and I am on the verge of calling Hundert-Meilen-Herz my "second book".
Limited Bundle
As with Runhundred, Hundert-Meilen-Herz also offers the option of pre-ordering the book from Willpower Running. Individually or in a super nice limited bundle with a discounted T-shirt.
Of course, you can also buy Hundert-Meilen-Herz anywhere else where books are available, on- and offline.
Key Facts at a Glance
Release date is September 24th, 2024
Rewritten German language version of Runhundred
192 pages, paperback
Completely redesigned layout
Many unpublished photos
All pre-orders from the Willpower onlinestore will be hand-signed and shipped with a bookmark + free stickers.
Everything Not Running
For me, writing is not only an act of expression, but also an invitation to you, the reader, to enter my world. Every sentence I formulate comes with a responsibility. The responsibility to describe exactly what I think and feel. But also the responsibility to pick you up and build stairs into my world. For me, writing means finding my own clarity and at the same time putting my expression into a form that is accessible to others.
Writing also takes courage – the courage to be honest and not sugarcoat anything. For me, writing is an act of searching for the truth– my truth. Every sentence I write is a step towards discovering that truth, even if it is uncomfortable. As a writer, it means putting aside my inner censor and letting the words flow without fear of judgment.
For you, the reader, it is a journey in which your thoughts and feelings merge with my writing. You can only guess what I mean by my words and sentences, but ultimately, it doesn't matter. You experience the text in your own way, and that's a good thing. Because your added value is not in interpreting me, the author, correctly, but in finding yourself in what I have written. So it's not about the story, it's about what it does to you.
But how different are the perspectives of you as a reader and me as a writer? Basically, we are all writers and readers at the same time, in a constant exchange of ideas and feelings. The change in perspective reminds us that every story has two sides – the outside view and the inside view. Both influence and shape each other, as if in an endless dialogue, and both sides form their own version of the shared thought.
This is precisely what happens in and with Hundert-Meilen-Herz. You don't have to run 100 miles to be touched by this book. Nor do you have to intend to. Not even secretly want to. For example, when I write about being kicked out of the Devil's Thumb Aid Station and suddenly stumbling across the prairie alone with my inner demons, I'm describing a feeling, not a place. The feeling of being confronted with your darkest depths and having no defense mechanisms or escape routes. To be completely at the mercy of your worst inner self, of things that normally remain hidden. For good reason.
Even though I don't want anyone to go through such emotional abysses, I know that there are many people who have been there. I wrote Hundert-Meilen-Herz for all of you. It binds us. Forever.
