1999

In 1997, Alabama businessman Edgar Welden decided to run away.

At the age of 57, Welden took an entire year away from his property management business to indulge his love for sports.

Supported by his partners and a very understanding wife, he embarked on the greatest adventure of his life.

TIME OUT!, which he wrote with Keith Dunnavant, is the entertaining story of Welden’s year on the road, traveling more than 120,000 miles and to all 50 states. He attended more than 250 different sporting events, from blockbusters including the World Series and the Super Bowl to the decidedly offbeat, including the X Games and Iditarod.

Surely no fan in the history of American sports has displayed such a relentless devotion to the thrill of being a spectator.

But this is a story about more than the games.

It is a journey into the heart of America. While traveling from one event to the next, Welden met many interesting people, and in this book, he delights in telling the funny and sometimes touching stories that happened along the way.

More than anything else, TIME OUT! is the story of one middle-aged man taking the time to live out his dream.