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A Beautiful Work In Progress

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Runners’ vocabulary is stuffed with acronyms like DNS for “Did Not Start” and DNF for “Did Not Finish,” but when Mirna Valerio stepped as much as the starting line, she needed a new one: DNQ for “Did Not Quit.”

Valerio has tied on her running shoes all across the country, from the dusty back roads of central New Jersey to the busy Route 222 corridor in Pennsylvania to the sweltering deserts of Arizona. While you meet her at the trail, you could be surprised to see she doesn’t moderately fit the typical image of a long-distance runner. She’s neither skinny nor white, and she’s here to show just how misguided these stereotypes will also be.

In this prejudice-busting, body-positive memoir told with raw honesty, an adventurous spirit, and a sharp humorousness, Valerio takes readers along on her journey from first-time racer to ultramarathoner and proves that anybody can grow to be a successful athlete.

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