Welcome to Coach Bennett's podcast, where every run has a purpose, where kindness is

hardcore, where this is about running, and this is not about running, where every starting

line is a finish line in disguise, where rambling still gets you where you need to be, where

pineapple will never ruin your pizza, and the sodas, adult and not adult kind are always cold,

and where there is room on the starting line for everybody.

I'm Coach Bennett. Thank you for letting me be a part of your day. Let's get started.

Welcome to episode 145 of Coach Bennett's podcast. And this episode is going to put to sleep

all the rumors. It's going to end all the teasing. episode is going to put to sleep all the rumors it's going to end all the teasing

it's going to stop all the hypotheticals because i'm just going to tell you i wrote a book that's right

it's happening it's real it's being published on septemberst, 2026. And it's called This Is About Running. This is not about running. And it's being published in the United States by Day Street, which is an imprint of Harper Collins. And in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and most of Europe, it's going to be

under William Collins.

That's the publisher.

And it will also have that date of September 1st, 26.

And I'll tell you right off the bat, if you want to pre-order it, whether the book or the

audiobook, all of that information is going to be in the show notes.

So there you have it.

It's happening.

And what I wanted to do was just use this episode to kind of tell you where it came from, what it's about, and why I'm really, really proud of it.

And why I want you to read it.

So, I mean, I think it's no surprise to anyone that's either run with me or read some of the stuff I've written or listen to this

podcast that I've always, always loved reading and I've always loved to write. and both have helped me run better and just be

better just as a person and so it's always been a dream of mine to write a book and I think for many

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