Runaway Tay

Taylor has been running, Taylor is still running, Taylor will be running.

For quite some time.

This past week I had the first big break in my young writing career.  I was approached and signed by a literary agent who is currently in the process of representing me and finding a national publishing house for an upcoming book I am going to be working on this summer.

The book is called “A Runner’s Guide to Europe”.  It will be an active travel guide in which I describe running culture and outline the best running routes in 36 of Europe’s favorite cities.  The goal of this book will be to encourage people to run, to encourage people to travel, to encourage people to get on the street and delve into the exploration of new places.  More than anything, I hope that this book can be a vehicle to spread international awareness, and international appreciation, among its readership.

You may be thinking, “Taylor, have you run in 36 cities in Europe?”  The answer is no.  I have compiled chapters on four of the cities I plan to write about, which means I only have 32 to go.

Which means that starting in June, at the conclusion of my Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, I will be traveling from Stockholm to Sofia, from Riga to Rome, researching and writing about the best runs these, and other cities, have to offer.

There are no words to describe how excited and terrified I am by the prospects of this upcoming odyssey, which is far crazier than any crazy adventure I’ve ever embarked on before.   But it also seems like so much in my life has prepared me for, and made the perfect person, to take on this next project of mine.

So stay tuned to this blog.  There’s no telling what kind of stories I will be recounting here over the next six months.

And as to all my Colorado people – I’ll see you in September, exactly one year from the time I left.