{"id":21302,"date":"2013-09-19T15:31:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T19:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/?p=21302"},"modified":"2020-04-09T13:59:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:59:35","slug":"tour-announce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/tour-announce\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing No Meat Athlete Book Tour Dates & Locations!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leaving your college dorm at midnight, to drive seven hours each way. For a sandwich.<\/em><\/p>\n

Using your dishwasher to create a floor-to-ceiling foam party in your (carpeted) living room.<\/em><\/p>\n

Planning a 40-city book tour all by yourself.<\/em><\/p>\n

All things I’ve done that seemed like a good idea at the time, but in hindsight weren’t my best ideas ever.<\/p>\n

But when it comes down to it, I can’t honestly say that I regret any of them. Not even the foam party, which resulted in moldy carpet and four sick roommates.<\/p>\n

As for the book tour, I definitely don’t regret the decision to do it … just the heroic attempt to plan it myself. Thankfully, my mom (yep, my mom) stepped in and saved me from a nervous breakdown last week, and I’m pleased now to announce that the schedule is just about set.<\/p>\n

No Meat Athlete’s big splash this weekend<\/h3>\n

After I announced the my newest book<\/a>, things got crazy.<\/p>\n

That same day, the Huffington Post republished a fun No Meat Athlete post<\/a>, and ess<\/em>\u00a0hit the proverbial fan, in the best way possible.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of you bought the book, and helped No Meat Athlete<\/em> to reach #53 on the Barnes & Noble Top 100! It spent three days at #1 in Amazon’s Running & Jogging category, even reaching #1 in Individual Sports.<\/p>\n

And although it eventually fell from these spots, I had to remind myself: the damn thing is not even out yet! <\/em>Who knows what will happen then.\u00a0Needless to say, I’m extremely grateful for all of you who have pre-ordered and helped make that all happen. Thank you.<\/p>\n

If you plan on buying the book but haven’t yet, do yourself a favor and don’t miss the pre-order deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Announcing the tour dates!<\/h3>\n

Without further ado, whining, gloating, or advertisements — wow, brilliant post you’ve crafted so far, Matt — let’s get to the fun part: the tour dates!<\/p>\n

I’ve created a new page with all the dates, venues, and locations<\/a>. I hope you’ll try your best to make it to an event, because:<\/p>\n

(a) I’m so pumped to meet No Meat Athlete readers, and<\/p>\n

(b) it will suck to high heaven if I’m 2,537\u00a0miles away from my family and talking to an empty room, before heading out for a run all by myself. No pressure, or anything. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

A few things to note about the tour schedule:<\/p>\n