If you've run long enough or are just starting your journey, you probably have a Iove/hate relationship with running. Running long distances is wonderful and completely irrational at the same time.

To help me explore the delightful and nonsensical sport that we all love to hate, I invited author and ultrarunner Brendan Leonard on the Run to the Top.

Brendan is a freelance writer and illustrator whose new book, I Hate Running and You Can Too, is a hilarious and relatable trip into the mind of a runner that's not going to top any podiums or win any races, but still regularly runs irrationally long distances.

Brendan started his popular website Semi-Rad.com in 2011 as a channel for active, yet not elite athletes, who love to get out there, but don't take themselves too seriously.

He's a contributing editor at Adventure Journal and a columnist at Outside. His stories have appeared in Backpacker, National Geographic Adventure, Men's Journal, Sierra, Adventure Cyclist, and more.

He's bicycled across America, runs hundred milers, and he is continually amazed at the things that regular people can do.

His work is funny and insightful and he might just inspire you to love (or hate?) your running too.

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