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NPR Host Peter Sagal Offers Life Lessons Learned While Pounding The Pavement

By Steve Kraske
Published December 7, 2018 at 2:46 PM CST
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Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! is also an avid runner and author of 'The Incomplete Book of Running.'

Public radio star Peter Sagal has not always been the dedicated long-distance runner he is today. After competing on his high school cross-country team, 25 years would pass before he took exercising seriously again. What started out as a goal to get healthy, led to 14 marathon finishes. Today, Sagal talked about the lessons he's learned, and how his running helped him get a handle on life during hard times.

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Steve Kraske
When I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.
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