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Title: Once a Runner by John L. Jr. Parker ISBN: 0-915297-01-9 Publisher: Cedarwinds Publishing Company Pub. Date: May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.68 (79 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: It's not a good book
Comment: This book is a disappointing read, and it makes me wonder if the publisher and writer think so little of running readers that they would allow something to be published that is so subpar. The plot is rambling, the writing is poor and overwrought, self-conscious and inconsistent, the characters are unlikeable, the time-frame is unclear, the characters shallowly drawn and the events unbelievable. There are a FEW interesting sketches of the runner ethos, but they are few and far-between, and not worth slogging through this book to read.
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I think runners deserve better fiction than this.
Rating: 5
Summary: a book every runner has to read
Comment: I stoped running for over a year because of an serious back injury (from track)but then I came to the US as an exchange student and decided to go out for track again. My season didn't went very well, my times were way of the my PRs from home and i struggeled with injuries and asthma. in the middle of the season one guy from my distance team had the book in the bus to a meet and I started reading and took it home to finish....( I'm not a miler but still practiced with the distance team)This day, even I hadn't finished it yet, I ran my PR for this season and never felt better in a race. It didn't matter to me anymore if I would place or what my time would be. I just felt proud to be there and to do what I loved to do for many years but lately I didn't mean anything to me anymore. I ran for myself and not for the people watching.It motivated me so much that I finished the season although I was close to quit a lot of times.I don't know if I can ever run track competitive again but I'll always keep running. Every time I don't want to put on my shoes and go for my daily run I remember Quentin and his intervale workouts and that we have to work hard to get somewhere in life. Why not starting with something easy like actually getting up early and finishing the morning workout?.....for me this book changed my life...
Rating: 5
Summary: amazing
Comment: I find it hard to believe that anyone who has ever run track would not enjoy this book. If you know what it's like coming to the last straightaway at the end of a 1600 or a 800, you realize how well Parker captures that moment and all the training behind it.
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Title: Running with The Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men's Cross-Country Team by Chris Lear ISBN: 1585743283 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Sub 4:00: Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile by Chris Lear ISBN: 157954746X Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 18 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title:Without Limits ASIN: 0790739291 Publisher: Warner Studios Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $9.97 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.97 |
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Title: Run with the Champions : Training Programs and Secrets of America's 50 Greatest Runners by Marc Bloom ISBN: 1579542905 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 21 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Pre : The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine by Tom Jordan ISBN: 0875964575 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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