TROY, N.Y. â Troy native and standout runner Tom Bulger recently published a book about his running career. âA Runner's Memories, Dreams, Reflections,â published by The Troy Book Makers, represents the authorâs 40 years of writing about distance running. As a runner and coach himself, Bulger has compiled different topics and stories of interest to distance runners. The book includes descriptions of various races, local, national, and international; brief portraits of a variety of distance runners; advice about training and recovering from injury; and a host of other issues relating to distance running. - Advertisement - The overarching purpose of the book, Bulger said, is how distance running remarkably parallels oneâs existence and is a metaphor for an individualâs life.