Training on Empty: A Frank Memoir of an Elite Runner Who Nearly Perished From Anorexia

by Lize Brittin

Book Overview

Training on Empty is the true-life story of Lize Brittin. Heavy as a child and raised in an emotionally tempestuous alcoholic home, Lize developed anorexia when she was thirteen, and soon afterward took up distance running to help ease the pain of her social and family isolation. Her high-school coach encouraged her to pursue not only cross-country and track during the school year, but also road racing and mountain running in the off-season. By the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492248568
• ISBN13: 9781492248569
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"