A world-class marathoner who completed all six of the Abbott World Marathon Majors! Based on Charles Moore's experience running 20+ marathons between 2016- 2023, Apropos of Running is at once a celebration of his journey to becoming an ultramarathoner as it is a candid, deeply personal interrogation of how race and culture are intertwined. The author explores the lack of diversity in marathoning from international races in major cities across Asia, Europe, and the United States, including his native Detroit. He shares with readers his intense path to completing over 20 marathons in a handful of years, including the prestigious Abbott World Marathon Majors-six marathons in Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, and Tokyo. As he digs into the behind-the-scenes training that went into each race, he takes us into a whole new dimension with his timely and unforgettable memoir of long-distance running. Moore is among the few to address the Venn diagram of Blackness and long-distance running. Apropos of Running is an essential testament to the persistence and power of Black marathon runners and how one man transformed his life and the sport of running by showing up time after time and competing at the highest level. "As a long-distance runner in my youth, Charles Moore has written the best book I know of the rich and complicated experience of being a Black distance runner! Don't miss it" —Dr. Cornel West "For all the stereotypes suggesting that black men have natural abilities as athletes, this memoir takes on the myth that they don't run. It tells the witty, vivid, and intriguing story of Charles Moore's discovery of his passion for running marathons on his extraordinary path at what some think of as "midlife," which further clarifies his sense of purpose. In the process, he rediscovers and fulfills longstanding dreams as he maps his way through multiple marathons and many miles." —Dr. Riché Richardson, author of Black Masculinity and the U.S. South: From Uncle Tom to Gangsta and Emancipation's Daughters: Reimagining Black Femininity and the National Body " Apropos of Running is apropos of many things, including marathons, race, friendship, family, and the drive to push oneself to the limits. Charles Moore has written a lively and insightful memoir that might inspire more of us to lace up and get moving." —Sam Lipsyte, author of No One Left to Come Looking for You and The Ask Charles Moore is an art historian, writer, and curator based in New York and the author of The Black Market: A Guide to Art Collecting and The Brilliance of the Color Black Through the Eyes of Art Collectors. Moore received his master's degree from Harvard University and currently is a third-year doctoral student at Columbia University Teachers College, researching the life and career of abstract painter Ed Clark.