Running My Life Hardcover – February 23, 2026

A powerful memoir for runners, physicians, athletes, and anyone drawn to stories of endurance, purpose, and the human side of medicine. Blending long‑distance running, medical practice, addiction treatment, and personal transformation, this reflective narrative offers insight into resilience, vocation, and what it truly means to keep going.Running My Life is more than a memoir about marathons.It is the story of a physician who has spent a lifetime running — toward excellence, toward responsibility, toward family, and sometimes simply toward clarity.Across five decades and 56 marathons, Dr. William Santoro reflects on the parallel journeys of distance running and medicine. From medical school in Puerto Rico to intensive care units, from addiction treatment programs to marathon finish lines, he discovers that endurance is not just physical — it is moral, relational, and deeply personal.Through stories of mentors, patients, failures, victories, and quiet turning points, Santoro explores the deeper questions that shape a life:What defines us — our profession or our character? What remains when titles fall away? How do we keep running when certainty fades?Told with humility, candor, and hard‑earned wisdom, Running My Life is a meditation on vocation, fatherhood, perseverance, leadership, and the quiet transformation that comes with time.For runners. For physicians. For athletes. For anyone who has ever wondered if they chose the right path — or whether the path chose them. Read more