Eat, Drink, Run

How I Got Fit Without Going Too Mad

By: Bryony Gordon

Narrated by: Bryony Gordon

Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

The new hilarious and inspirational memoir from Sunday Times number one best-selling author Bryony Gordon.

Bryony Gordon was not a runner. A loafer, a dawdler, a drinker, a smoker, yes. A runner, no. Yet somehow, as she began to recover from the emotional roller coaster of laying her life bare in her mental health memoir Mad Girl, she started to realise that getting outside, moving her body and talking to others for whom life was also an occasional challenge might actually help her.

Going for a run might not banish her sadness, but at least it might show it that she was damn well trying to beat it, which is sometimes half the battle. As she began to run farther, she started to see the limitations she had imposed on her life more clearly. Why couldn't she be a runner? Or a bungee jumper? Or a deep sea diver? Maybe rather than sitting on the sofa watching the world go by, fulfilling your dreams was just about standing up and taking that first step. Maybe you can do it, too.

In April 2017, less than a year after she had weighed herself at over 16 stone but stepped off the scales and started training anyway, Bryony Gordon ran all 26 and 3/4 miles of the London Marathon. Here, in her new typically funny and hugely inspiring memoir, she shows us how extraordinary things can happen to us all, no matter what life throws at us, if we're just willing to keep going.

©2017 Bryony Gordon (P)2017 Headline Publishing Group Limited

Entertaining book describing coping mechanisms for mental issues

Good book overall, very entertaining style. Don’t expect a training program though. The writer shares her personal struggle and how training for a marathon slowly changes her life and coping with mental illness.

Just lovely.

She rocks... Honest and hilarious. Now I'm off to read everything Bryony has ever written.

Eat Drink Run

I have been listening to Bryony’s books and podcast lately and learning a lot. She is real and relatable. I won’t be running a marathon anytime soon, but she is making me begin to think about my life and contemplate some changes. I think her work with mental health is extremely important and she has no doubt helped so many people! It’s a good listen and I highly recommend!! Hopefully her next books will be here soon as well. I look forward to them!!

just what I needed

Loved it - I thought it was about running, which I love, but it turned out to be an hours long personal counseling session with a friend I've never met. Warning - Ypu might cry while running listening to this. Thank you Bryony.

The combo of two things I'm passionate about

This is an amazing audio book! I laughed, cried, and got lost in deep contemplation. Bryony Gordon's colourful descriptions of her mental health issues and recovery really helped me understand my own in a different light. This book has also kept me motivated in my own running journey, even if I'm not training for a marathon. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone with an interest in mental health and/or running.

Amazing!!!

Thank you so much for this book😭😭😭 I listened while running and cried so much. This is amazing!!!

This book is a fun listen. Like an amusement park

The description of her outfit on her first run is wonderful. I have listened to this book several times. I enjoy it that much!

Mental health focus

Unfortunately, I couldn't get into this book. I think I didn't expect the mental health aspect of the book to dominate as much as it did. I wanted more talk about running itself. Kind of reminds me of Bella Mackie 'Jog on'.