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Writer, librarian, and memoirist.
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Author of a blog, The Year of the Phoenix.
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Jill Grunenwald is a writer and librarian based in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the author of Hudson, a concise history of the town of Hudson, Ohio. She describes the city from its founding in 1799 as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve to its most recent position as a growing population center. She notes how the city began to expand when the Ohio Turnpike came through the area and provided an improved transportation route. She describes many of the town’s local traditions and how preservation of them became a touchstone as the town and its section of Ohio continued to grow. She also describes many of the historical preservation efforts undertaken to keep Hudson’s image and identity intact. The downtown district, for example, was given particular attention, with many of the structures there earning a spot in the National Register of Historic Places.
In Running with a Police Escort: Tales from the Back of the Pack, Grunenwald describes a profound transformation that occurred in her life, changing her from an individual who weighed over 300 pounds to an active athlete with a grudging respect for, but genuine enjoyment of, running.
As a librarian in Cleveland, Grunenwald lived a mostly sedentary lifestyle. She had little interest in physical activity, dieting, or physical fitness, even though she had always struggled with her weight. Physical education classes in school had been traumatic, and any thoughts of athleticism were purely fantasy. Though she was relatively young at age twenty-nine, her weight and her lack of exercise put her at risk for many serious health problems. In the fall of 2012, she got a disturbing email from her younger sister, who was concerned about Grunenwald’s health. This message from a well-meaning sibling caused Grunenwald to evaluate her status and lifestyle. In response, she did what at one time would have been unthinkable to her: she took up running.
In her book, Grunenwald recounts her personal history and what led up to her decision. She spends most of the book telling the story of how she revised her attitude toward exercise and pushed herself to make health-enhancing lifestyle changes that brought about substantial weight loss, improved health, and greater self-esteem.
The journey from couch potato to committed runner who participates in marathons was not an easy one, Grunenwald reports. Initially, her lifestyle changes took the form of dieting and running on the treadmill—dubbed by her as the “dreadmill”—at her apartment complex. Soon, however, she found that she actually enjoyed running. Almost unbelieving, she found herself involved in 5K road races, then more strenuous 10K runs. All the while, her health and fitness improved and her weight dropped. Even more importantly, her self-esteem improved along with her interest in maintaining her exercise regimen.
Grunenwald makes it clear that she hasn’t won any of these races. The title of her book reflect the fact that she usually ends up at the very back of the pack, with the police reopening streets that had been closed for the race behind her. She stresses, however, that it is not the winning of a race that counts, nor even the participation, but the benefit that results from believing in oneself enough to make a major change for the better and stick with it over the long term.
A writer on the Learned Owl Bookstore website called Running with a Police Escort “heartbreaking and hilarious” as well as “touching and insightful.” Grunenwald’s “chatty, confessional style will entertain readers and perhaps even inspire them to lace up, too,” commented Annie Bostrom, writing in Booklist. A Publishers Weekly contributor noted, “This autobiography will appeal to and inspire those struggling to get healthy.” New York Times reviewer Meghan Daum called Grunenwald a “stylish and sparkly writer,” and remarked that she “runs slowly and writes affably.”
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Grunenwald, Jill, Running with a Police Escort: Tales from the Back of the Pack (memoir), Skyhorse Publishing (New York, NY), 2017.
PERIODICALS
New York Times Book Review, March 31, 2017, “In the Long Run,” Megan Daum, review of Running with a Police Escort; April 2, 2017, Meghan Daum, “Memoir,” review of Running with a Police Escort, p. 11.
ONLINE
Jill Grunenwald Website, http://www.jillgrunenwald.com (August 29, 2017).
Learned Owl Bookstore Website, http://www.learnedowl.com/ (August 29, 2017), biography of Jill Grunenwald.*
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Jill Grunenwald is the healthy living blogger behind The Year of the Phoenix, where she talks all things body image, back of the pack, and being your own hero. She is the creator and co-host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast and has been a contributor on NPR's On Point. Her memoir Running with a Police Escort is out now from Skyhorse Publishing.
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Running with a Police Escort
Tales from the Back of the Pack
Jill Grunenwald
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In the fall of 2012, quirky and cat-loving Cleveland librarian Jill Grunenwald got an alarming email from her younger sister: her sister was very concerned with Jill’s weight and her overall mental and physical health. Having always struggled with her weight, Jill was currently hitting the scales at more than three hundred pounds. Right then, Jill looked in the mirror and decided that she needed to make a life-style change, pronto. She enrolled in Weight Watchers and did something else that she—the girl who avoided gym class like the plague in high school—never thought she’d do; Jill started running. And believe it or not, it wasn’t that bad. Actually, it was kind of fun.
Three months later, Jill did the previously unthinkable and ran her very first 5k at the Cleveland Metropolitan Zoo. Battling the infamous hills of the course, Jill conquered her fears and finished—but in dead last. Yep, the police were reopening the streets behind her. But Jill didn’t let that get her down—because when you run for your health and happiness, your only real competition is yourself.
Six years and more than one hundred pounds lost later, Jill is still running and racing regularly, and she is a proud member of the back of the pack in every race that she has entered. In Running with a Police Escort, Jill chronicles her racing adventures, proving that being a slow runner takes just as much guts and heart as being an Olympic champion. At turns heartbreaking and hilarious, Running with a Police Escort is for every runner who has never won a race but still loves the sport.
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Jill Grunenwald will be visiting to sign her new memoir, Running with a Police Escort: Tales from the Back of the Pack. This book chronicles the racing adventures that helped her get fit, find happiness, and learn to love running at the back of the pack. Both heartbreaking and hilarious, Running with a Police Escort is a touching and insightful journey about conquering fears and learning to love yourself, no matter what place you finish in.
Grunenwald is also the author of Images of Modern America: Hudson, a photographic history of Hudson from 1950 to the present day. A three time half-marathoner, she proudly represents the back of the pack at every race and has been an Ambassador for the Cleveland Marathon race series since 2015. She has her BFA in creative writing from Bowling Green State University and her MLIS from the University of Kentucky. Currently, she is employed as a staff librarian at OverDrive. She lives and works in Cleveland.
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Running With A Police Escort: Tales From The Back Of The Pack
by Grunenwald, Jill
"In the fall of 2012, quirky and cat-loving Cleveland librarian Jill Grunenwald got an alarming email from her younger sister: her sister was very concerned with Jill's weight and her overall mental and physical health. Having always struggled with her weight, Jill was currently hitting the scales at more than three hundred pounds. Right then, Jill looked in the mirror and decided that she needed to make a life-style change, pronto. She enrolled in Weight Watchers and did something else that she--the girl who avoided gym class like the plague in high school--never thought she'd do; Jill started running. And believe it or not, it wasn't that bad. Actually, it was kind of fun. Three months later, Jill did the previously unthinkable and ran her very first 5k at the Cleveland Metropolitan Zoo. Battling the infamous hills of the course, Jill conquered her fears and finished--but in dead last. Yep, the police were reopening the streets behind her. But Jill didn't let that get her down--because when you run foryour health and happiness, your only real competition is yourself. Six years and more than one hundred pounds lost later, Jill is still running and racing regularly, and she is a proud member of the back of the pack in every race that she has entered. InRunning with a Police Escort, Jill chronicles her racing adventures, proving that being a slow runner takes just as much guts and heart as being an Olympic champion. At turns heartbreaking and hilarious, Running with a Police Escort is for every runner who has never won a race but still loves the sport"-- Read less
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Running with a Police Escort: Tales from the Back of the Pack.
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Jan. 2017. 244p. Skyhorse, $22.99 (9781510712799); e-book (97815107128051.613.2.
Cleveland librarian Grunenwald's closest connection to exercise was an occasional interest in the weight-loss show The Biggest Loser when she received a wake-up e-mail from her sister, who was worrying about her health. Then over 300 pounds, Grunenwald started dieting and running on her apartment complex's "dreadmill." Soon, Grunenwald, who blogs and records a podcast about her experiences, could hardly believe that she, never before an athlete and still vividly remembering the traumas of childhood PE, was suddenly enjoying running. Her first 5K race became several, before she started running 10K races and half marathons. Whether she's writing about setting goals, finding the best sports bra ("Strap. That. Shit. Down"), or getting out of a running slump, self-proclaimed slow runner Grunenwald's chatty, confessional style will entertain readers and perhaps even inspire them to lace up, too. (Clevelanders especially will appreciate her detailed descriptions of race routes and the local running scene.) Readers will find that the author's unique perspective "from the back of the pack" challenges preconceived notions as it encourages stepping outside of one's comfort zones.--Annie Bostrom
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Running with a Police Escort: Tales from the Back of the Pack
Jill Grunenwald. Skyhorse, $22.99 (244p) ISBN 978-1-5107-1279-9
Grunenwald, a librarian and podcast host, shares her life in fitness, from her middle school days avoiding gym class to the present, in which she is an enthusiastic slow runner of races. She often finishes last as the police reopen the streets, hence the title. She also documents her journey from being in denial about her unhealthy lifestyle to acknowledging it and taking action via Weight Watchers and, eventually, running. The story leads up to her first runs in Cleveland, where she lives, to her first race, her first destination race, and many other races. The author is open about her physical pains as a 311 -lb. runner, her food cravings, and the mental hurdles she overcomes throughout her races and runs. No matter the challenge, readers witness her walking and finishing last with dignity. Readers can count on Grunenwald to be honest about herself and others, and sprinkled in the chapters are fun references to writers such as Joyce Carol Oates and Stephen King (she is a librarian, after all). This autobiography will appeal to and inspire those struggling to get healthy. (Jan.)
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"Running with a Police Escort: Tales from the Back of the Pack." Publishers Weekly, 5 Dec. 2016, p. 65.
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What makes a story worthy of an entire book? This question arises frequently when I work with students who are writing memoirs, often after they’ve produced 20 pages of riveting prose about the most dramatic thing that ever happened to them only to find they’re out of things to say. When writing about yourself, it’s difficult enough to ease up on the pedal of self-flattery in the interests of truth. But to confront your story’s limitations head-on and admit it’s better suited to 20 pages than 220 pages can be a painful reckoning — though, as I tell my students, not nearly as painful as trying to spread a ho-hum back story into a thin layer across a whole book. As Stephen King said in his exemplary literary craft guide, “On Writing,” “The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.”
You’d think surviving horrific injuries in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, an attack that killed three and injured more than 250, would be enough for a book to practically write itself. But two memoirs out this month in commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the tragedy, Roseann Sdoia’s PERFECT STRANGERS: Friendship, Strength, and Recovery After Boston’s Worst Day (PublicAffairs, $26) and Rebekah Gregory’s TAKING MY LIFE BACK: My Story of Faith, Determination and Surviving the Boston Marathon Bombing (Revell, $19.99), still struggle to eke out enough paint to cover the walls, despite help from seasoned co-authors.
Sdoia, in collaboration with Jennifer Jordan, tries to work around this problem by framing her book as not just her own story but also those of three responders who helped save her life when the second of the two bombs blew off her right foot as she stood near the finish line on Boylston Street. Her eardrums blown out, Sdoia felt as if she were “inside a clear plastic bubble,” and the disconnect helps her avoid looking down at what’s left of her leg, “the shattered tibia and fibula like two broken broom handles, sticking out of my knee where my calf used to be, and my foot attached only by remaining pieces of muscle and skin.”
Amid the carnage, Sdoia goes unnoticed at first, but then Shores Salter, a 20-year-old college student with alcohol on his breath from a day of bar crawling, drags her to a safer area and winds up using all his strength to hold a makeshift tourniquet to her knee. Sometime later, Shana Cottone, a Boston police officer, appears on the scene and stays with Sdoia until a ride to the hospital can be found in the form of a van meant for transporting criminals. From there, a firefighter named Mike Materia sends Salter on his way and takes over the tourniquet, keeping Sdoia alive along the bumpy route to Mass General.
“Perfect Strangers” weaves the personal histories of these rescuers around the timeline of the author’s recovery. There are moments of genuine poignancy, for instance when Sdoia is reunited with Salter after an internet campaign helps track him down or when Sdoia is discharged from a rehabilitation hospital and met in the lobby by Materia, Cottone, Salter and a gaggle of caregivers before being escorted home by firefighters. “The Boston Fire Department brought you to the hospital, and we’re going to bring you home,” Materia tells her. The origin stories are meant to add color and context and even suggest that these heroes might have been destined to rise to this occasion. But they too often feel forced, almost like filler. Do we really need to know that Salter was a breech birth and “seemed to be born with a sense of concern, even worry, for those around him”? Must we make a direct connection between Cottone’s anger and fear around the 9/11 attacks, which happened when she was 15, and her later desire to become a cop?
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These details feel especially arbitrary given that Sdoia and Jordan choose to step around the elephant that barged into the hospital rooms of just about every victim of the marathon bombing: a news media so hungry for feel-good copy that many patients were forced to recover from grievous wounds under a glaring and relentlessly opportunistic spotlight. Though she refers occasionally to the special pressures and privileges of being part of a group of celebrity patients — there is a visit from President Obama, a ride on the Zamboni at Boston’s TD Garden, a People magazine photo shoot — Sdoia appears to view them as little more than minor asides, and maybe for good reason. As it happens, her recovery coincides with a cautiously blooming romance with Materia. She isn’t terribly forthcoming with the details, possibly because she’s contending with reporters determined to chart the course of the relationship before it can chart itself. But this is a couple you’d be crazy not to root for.
Rebekah Gregory was another spectator who lost a leg in the attack (from what I could find, only one injured runner, Jeff Bauman, has written a book about the event). With her co-author, Anthony Flacco, Gregory shapes “Taking My Life Back” as a spiritual journey in which early life struggles are framed as preparation for the ultimate test of surviving the Boston Marathon. We learn about Gregory’s biological father, an emotionally abusive preacher and sometime casino dealer who eventually relinquished his custodial rights. We learn how she began to develop Christian faith as a child and became a single mom at 20 and was so overwhelmed with work and school that it took a near-fatal car accident to quiet her mind and deepen her faith.
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The day of the marathon, Gregory was visiting Boston from Texas with her 5-year-old son, who sustained minor injuries and was probably saved by the protective shield of his mother’s body. Her leg was not amputated until more than a year later, and the agonizing fight to save it — she endures 17 bouts of surgery in the meantime — propels much of the first half of the book. When the limb is finally deemed not worth saving, Gregory composes a “breakup letter” to her leg and submits to her last operation. “For the rest of my recovery,” she writes, “I could stop trying to roll the boulder up the mountain.”
Gregory does, however, drop a boulder on the reader well past the 100-page mark. She reveals that a casual long-distance relationship alluded to briefly in the first chapter became a source of media interest after the boyfriend, who was also injured in the bombing, though far less seriously, made a surprise marriage proposal during her recovery. The resulting frenzy prompted a bridal website to sponsor a “huge fantasy wedding in return for the photo and publicity rights to the whole event.” Spoiler alert: It didn’t work out. And note to aspiring memoirists — Gregory’s choice to “spare readers further details” about the marriage would have earned her a not-so-gentle prodding by even the most marginally competent writing instructor: You haven’t run out of things to say. You’re running away from them.
Then there are cases when an author runs out of things to say about . . . running. This is the predicament of Jill Grunenwald, a stylish and sparkly writer who parlayed a blog and podcast into RUNNING WITH A POLICE ESCORT: Tales From the Back of the Pack (Skyhorse, $22.99). A longtime, highly committed couch potato, Grunenwald, at age 29, has reached 311 pounds and forces herself to take up running. The sport meets her expectations on every level, which is to say she both hates it and is terrible at it. But in a display of discipline and willpower thus far unprecedented in her life, she keeps it up and eventually enters a 5K race. She comes in dead last and is hooked.
Grunenwald’s podcast, also called “Running With a Police Escort,” consists mainly of her interviewing other runners and making wry observations about being a slow runner (the title refers to being such a late finisher that you’re trailed only by the police officers bringing up the rear). The book is like the podcast without the other runners and with the banter transposed into clever but predictable bloggerisms — think “I can’t even” and “amirite?” — that convey a certain bounciness but do the author few literary favors. As the miles build up and the pounds come off, Grunenwald runs slowly and writes affably but ultimately delivers little more than a string of race reports. A broken bone (sustained, unceremoniously, in a cooking accident) gives the book a natural if underwhelming stopping point, and Grunenwald takes it like a champ — and also like an aspiring writer. Now instead of running the Akron Half Marathon she can attend the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., where Stephen King, a hero of hers, is giving the keynote address.
“Funny how life works out, eh?” she writes.
Life can certainly be surprising. That’s often how it works out. And when committed to paper, sometimes it works out best in a 20-page sprint.
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