{"product_id":"long-run-slow-burn-british-gay-running-romance-9781997999621","title":"Long Run: Slow-burn British Gay Running Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of Hollinghurst, Baldwin and Bret Easton Ellis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe body does not lie even when the mind attempts to do so. For Brian, the Isle of Wight ultra-marathon was supposed to be a point of reclamation, yet it ended in the clinical silence of a Did Not Finish. Stalled by a clicking patella and the salt-crusted exhaustion of thirty miles, he returns to a London life that feels equally incomplete. He is a man caught in the friction of the city, balancing a grueling kitchen job in Richmond with the quiet exploitation of a structured unpaid internship at a charitable foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames represents a different kind of endurance. A former Army Reservist now navigating the sharp, transactional world of City finance, he moves with a disciplined intensity that Brian finds both intimidating and magnetic. Their connection is forged through the necessity of the sport. It begins with the shared space of a race-side cabin and deepens through the curative intimacy of recovery massages and the rhythmic honesty of training splits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Brian's professional life reaches a breaking point, James offers a subversive solution that challenges the ethics of the corporate world they both inhabit. Between the serene, wood-paneled sanctuary of Soho's Japanese diners and the exposed paths of Richmond Park, they navigate a partnership that is as much about survival as it is about attraction. This is a visceral exploration of the distance a person will run to find where they belong, and the moral compromises made in the pursuit of a finish line that continues to move..\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tremolo A Tiempo Design House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781997999621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d","brand":"Alexander Paul Burton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733993255093,"sku":"9781997999621","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/long-run-slow-burn-british-gay-running-romance-9781997999621","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}