Dr. Thaddeus L. Kostrubala (1930 Chicago - 2020 Santa Fe) an anthropologist doctor and
psychiatrist is the pioneer in the field of running therapy and founder of the related therapy
approach known as Paleoanalysis. In particular he is known for his work The Joy of Running
(1976) which became a bestseller and a classic in the US running and international running
therapy movement. It has been translated into multiple languages and was reissued and expanded
by the author in 2013. This text by running therapist Wolfgang W. Schüler M.A. Germany
traces the visionary Dr. Kostrubala's running therapy path - which sometimes resembles a Greek
tragedy - from its beginning. It is being published on the occasion of Dr. Kostrubala's 90th
birthday in September 2020 in English Spanish French and German in the form of this book
with a lot of photos.
