The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matthew Del Negro (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 1,570 Sports audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Sports shelf
390 Sports audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon is an audiobook by Charles Butler and Matthew Long: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Del Negro, released October 12, 2010, on the Sports and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Del Negro
- Released
- October 12, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sports, Non-Fiction, Self-Development
- ISBN
- 9780307877499
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon as an audiobook?
The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon?
The Long Run: One Man's Attempt to Regain his Athletic Career-and His Life-by Running the New York City Marathon is narrated by Matthew Del Negro.