As an African and an immigrant, it was hard to listen to this sometimes

This is in general, a good book, written from the perspective of many participants. I enjoyed the narrative and most of the story.

However, there’s a fair amount of anti African and anti immigrant sentiment in it and sometimes it comes off as pretty racist.

Even when the protagonist is an African (Meb), there’s a conscious attempt to separate him from his African identity and emphasize the American parts of him.

As an immigrant and an African, I found this rather disturbing and a false portrayal of what it means to be an African immigrant living in America. You never really stop being African, you just become an American too.

This perspective that sometimes borders on all out racism is why I gave this 4 stars. Otherwise, I found it to be a pretty interesting book and reading it motivated me to continue pursuing my best years as a runner.