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Once a Runner
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Once a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner, to devote your entire existence to a single-minded pursuit of excellence. In doing so it has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever published.
Originally self-published in 1978 and sold at road races out of the trunk of the authora (TM)s car, the book eventually found its way into the hands of high school, college, and post-graduate athletes all over the country. Reading it became a rite of passage on many teams and tattered copies were handed down like sacred texts from generation to generation. It ranked as the #1 most sought-after out-of-print book in the U.S. in 2007.
Once a Runner is the story of Quenton Cassidy, a collegiate runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away from accomplishing that when the political and cultural turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his schoola (TM)s athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletesa (TM) protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team.
Under the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life: a head-to-head match with the greatest miler in history.
This audiobook is a rare, insidera (TM)s account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners; an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of a one mana (TM)s quest to become a champion.
a oeBy far the most accurate fictional portrayal of the world of the serious runnera ] a marvelous description of the way it really is.a a " Sports Illustrated
a oePart training manual, part religious tract, part love story, and all about running, Once a Runner is so inspiring it could be banned as a performance-enhancing drug.a a " Benjamin Cheever, author of Strides: Running Through History with an Unlikely Athlete |
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