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Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard
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Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard is an inspirational memoir blending self-development with the personal journey of Ken Rideout, the world's fastest marathon runner over fifty. Ken has triumphed over poverty and addiction on his path to greatness. 'My name is Ken...
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Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard is an inspirational memoir blending self-development with the personal journey of Ken Rideout, the world's fastest marathon runner over fifty. Ken has triumphed over poverty and addiction on his path to greatness.
'My name is Ken Rideout. I don't care who you are or where you come from or how old you are, I will run you into the fking ground.'
At half-a-century into life, Ken Rideout refuses to lose. Dubbed by the New York Times and Wall Street Journal as the best runner in the world over fifty, Ken enters every race ready to win gold or die trying. Luckily for Ken, he's fast, and while most runners slow down with age, he's only getting better. Starting his running journey at thirty-five after overcoming an opioid addiction, Ken continues to win. While many can run fast and many have overcome addictions, few possess the motivational combination of voice, drive, and story of Ken Rideout.
Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard follows Ken's journey from poverty to prison guard to popping pills to the podium. Ken's story is about digging yourself out of a hopeless situation and becoming the very best you can be. It's about being counted out and then proving them all wrong. This book uses stories of his incredible physical metamorphosis to help readers confront obstacles that previously seemed insurmountable.
Praise for Ken Rideout
"Ken is the most driven person I know. Incredible life story, athlete, family man, business mind, personal ethics, work ethics, friend. Run for office, Ken!" - Andrew Huberman
"Ken Rideout's life story about his time working in a Boston penitentiary to becoming a highly successful investor and broadcaster is the stuff of movies. As the combination of Rich Roll and Dave Goggins, his achievement in marathons and family inspire me." - Dr. David Sinclair
"Ken's story of metamorphosis is one of the most compelling, improbable, and inspirational tales I have ever heard." - Rich Roll
"Ken Rideout is the rare motivator whose message is backed by a life of extraordinary experience. Social media is a grossly oversaturated space, filled with hucksters and bullshit artists and pseudo-inspiration. Ken Rideout is the thunderclap that drowns out that noise with essential lessons from his truly unbelievable life of hardship and achievement." - Casey Neistat
"I came across one of your posts and you were saying 'you gotta exercise like your life depends on it because it does.' I'm right there with you, brother. I appreciate you, man, I appreciate all your hard work. I was really inspired by going on your Instagram page so I'm gonna hit the gym and do my best to run through a wall now." - Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529956047
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Century
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 40.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 700g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Ken Rideout is the fastest marathoner in the world over fifty and a former prison guard, Wall Street trader, and opioid addict. His life story has been chronicled in such publications as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Outside. Since getting sober more than a decade ago, he has won some of the world's toughest races, including, at age fifty-two, the Gobi March-a 155-mile, self-supported race across the sweltering Gobi Desert in Mongolia-and a few months later, the Masters (50+) Marathon World Championships. In addition to his many running victories, he has completed more than ten Ironman triathlons. In 2018, Ken founded capital solutions firm Camrock Advisors. More recently, he founded talent agency Rideout Sports and Entertainment. He lives in Nashville with his wife, Shelby, and their four children.
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