Download or read book Don't Hate Running: a Novel written by Lawrence Rodriguez and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you love someone, let them go on a year-long escapade to lose a hundred pounds, contemplate adultery, engage in public nudity, get arrested near the Mexican border on suspicion of drug trafficking, and run in their first half marathon. If they come back, you were always meant to be together. Guss Zamdra never would have met his wife Lucy if he hadn't accidentally introduced himself with an unpleasant surprise as she ran past him on the trails near Torrey Pines. After he's no longer able to keep his architecture business open, Guss becomes more interested in reinventing foolishness and mastering immaturity than in staying healthy. Lucy, an avid runner and manager of an upscale running store in La Jolla California, helps her train-wreck husband get into the best shape of his life after he professes that he wants to run a half marathon with her. After Guss finally sees results from his training, Lucy's running and career come to an abrupt halt and Guss struggles with a dark side of Lucy that he's never seen. As the annual Barney's Bang Half Marathon approaches, will the Zamdras' marriage explode like the race's namesake whale did years ago or will they overcome their adversity and cross the finish line to a happy life together? LAWRENCE RODRIGUEZ hits the ground running with his funny debut novel that takes an irreverent spin on the half marathon experience to look at how insecurities, bad communication and trust issues can threaten to break apart a marriage, even when love is not in question. Contains mature content. Parental discretion is advised.