Chapter Two: Tips on Becoming a Running Novelist Summary and Analysis

August 14, 2005 - Kauai, Hawaii

On the morning of August 14th, Haruki ran an hour and fifteen minutes. In the afternoon he swam 1,400 yards in the pool and then had an evening swim in the ocean. So far in August, he had run 93 miles. He had first begun running on a daily basis in 1982. He had been running a jazz club near Sendagaya Station which he ran for three years. Later, he moved the club closer to Tokyo. It was a bigger success than his friends had predicted. His wife was a great help. He struggled for years but by the time he was thirty, he had worked hard, paid most of his loans off and could hire people to work for him. He had time on his...