In the fall of 2010, quirky and cat-loving Cleveland librarian Jill Grunenwald got an alarming email from her younger sister: her sister was very concerned with Jill’s weight and her overall
mental and physical health. Having always struggled with her weight, Jill was currently hitting the scales at more than three hundred pounds. Right then, Jill looked in the mirror and decided
that she needed to make a life-style change, pronto. She enrolled in Weight Watchers and did something else that shethe girl who avoided gym class like the plague in high schoolnever thought
she’d do; Jill started running. And believe it or not, it wasn’t that bad. Actually, it was kind of fun.
Three weeks later, Jill did the previously unthinkable and ran her very first 5k at the Cleveland Metropolitan Zoo. Battling the infamous hills of the course, Jill conquered her fears and
finishedbut in dead last. Yep, the police were reopening the streets behind her. But Jill didn’t let that get her downbecause when you run for your health and happiness, your only real
competition is yourself.
Six years and more than one hundred pounds lost later, Jill is still running and racing regularly, and she is a proud member of the back of the pack in every race that she has entered.
InRunning with a Police Escort, Jill chronicles her racing adventures, proving that being a slow runner takes just as much guts and heart as being an Olympic champion. At turns
heartbreaking and hilarious,Running with a Police Escort is for every runner who has never won a race but still loves the sport.
