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The 27th Mile
How to Smooth the Rough Transition Out of Your Running Years
Book • 2026
Dimity McDowell's The 27th Mile explores the emotional, social, and practical challenges runners face when they can no longer run.
Drawing on interviews with recreational runners and grief research, the book offers exercises to identify what running provided and how to replace those elements.
McDowell provides strategies to preserve community, find new forms of endurance, and process disenfranchised grief with compassion.
The book blends personal memoir, interviews, and expert recommendations to help readers plan proactively and find closure.
It is aimed at anyone experiencing or anticipating the transition away from running and those supporting them, like coaches and friends.
Drawing on interviews with recreational runners and grief research, the book offers exercises to identify what running provided and how to replace those elements.
McDowell provides strategies to preserve community, find new forms of endurance, and process disenfranchised grief with compassion.
The book blends personal memoir, interviews, and expert recommendations to help readers plan proactively and find closure.
It is aimed at anyone experiencing or anticipating the transition away from running and those supporting them, like coaches and friends.
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Dimity McDowell
When Should You Quit Running? An Honest, Difficult Conversation with Author Dimity McDowell
