Raven is quite the character and this really came out in the book. After a while I did get a little bored with the book but generally it was on ok read.

An inspiring story that is so easy to read.
It pulls you in and may even make you think about running, not for speed or winning but for pleasure.

RUNNING WITH RAVEN by Laura Lee Huttenbach is the remarkable story of Robert " Raven" Kraft, who has run on Miami Beach every day for over 40 years. His "Raven Runs" are a one of a kind experience and many people have changed because of them. Huttenbach, or as Raven has nicknamed her (as he does everyone who completes a run) White Lightning, has lovingly chronicled the life of a man who found peace in knowing that every day he will run.
Immediately the reader can tell that Raven profoundly affected the writer, Huttenbach. Her passion and delicate care when describing the life of Raven is profoundly apparent. She seamlessly takes stories he tells and couples then with other interviews and weaves together Raven's past. All the while, she throws in Raven's quirky sentiment about life all along the way, reminding the reader that while the streak is important to Raven, he is also a one of a kind person in so many other ways. The running streak has another component that seems equally important to Raven and the book expands upon it. Raven relishes the opportunity to meet people and each new person he meets seems to enrich his life even more. A fascinating individual who, after reading RUNNING WITH RAVEN, I want to find a way to get down to Miami Beach and run with Raven.

Running with Raven is an incredible biography/character profile of Robert "Raven" Kraft. Well-written and touchingly personal, the book describes the life thus far of Raven, a Miami South Beach native most known for having consistently run eight miles along the beach every day since 1975. Huttenbach explores Raven's childhood and life leading up to his 1975 New Year's Resolution and introduces dozens of the "Raven Runners" who have joined him for anywhere from a partial run to hundreds of runs - each runner who finishes the eight miles receives a special nickname from Raven. The life of the man is inspiringly astounding in itself, and Huttenbach does an incredible job presenting a look into who this man really is.

While perhaps not the most lyrical of stories, the biography is in-depth and enormously touching. As the author herself has joined Raven on hundreds of runs, she does not shy away from expressing her affection for everything related to Raven while also not being afraid to describe and explore some less-savory aspects of his personality and character. The book includes hundreds of interviews from various Raven Runners from over the years, creating a sense of community within the book that reflects what the author describes about the runs themselves.

I was touched and inspired by this book and by Raven's incredible life story and would highly recommend this to everyone. Less scientific and more accessible than Christopher McDougall's Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (also a fantastic book) and about a man who seems more down to earth and easily emulated than the Mexican ultrarunners that star in that book, Running with Ragen is a great read for anyone even remotely interested in trying running or just wanting to be inspired.

Thanks to the publisher for an ARC in exchange for a fair review!

This book is a great read,I'm more into walking than running,but still a very good book