John L. Parker, Jr. has written for Outside, Runner's World, and numerous other publications. He was the Southeastern Conference mile champion three times, and the United States Track and Field Federation national champion in the steeplechase, and was the teammate of Olympians Frank Shorter, Jack Bacheler, and Jeff Galloway on several championship cross-country teams. A graduate of the University of Florida's College of Journalism as well as its College of Law, Parker has been a practicing attorney, a newspaper reporter and columnist, a speechwriter for then Governor Bob Graham, and editorial director of Running Times magazine. He lives in Gainesville, Florida, and Bar Harbor, Maine.
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. It has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever written.
Originally self-published in 1978 and sold at road races out of the trunk of the author's car, the book eventually found its way into the hands of high school, college, and postgraduate 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 number one most sought-after out-of-print book in the United States 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 when the political and cultural turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his school's athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletes' 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 book is a rare insider's account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners; an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of one man's quest to become a champion.
比起这个书名,我更喜欢英文原著的名字:Once a Runner.也是因为这本书,让我渐渐开始喜欢上了跑步。世界上没有哪一个成功背后不忍受长年累月的孤独,也许在别人看来会被称作疯子,但你永远不去尝试,不能忍受一个人不断又不断的重复的寂寥,你就无法知道自己究竟能做成到什么...
评分每个人一生都会经历过很多次跑步! 有的时候是慢跑,有的时候是冲刺。 看过这本书,觉得很好,给你一种安静的充实幸福感。 首先想起的是村上春树君。 村上本来是一个体质很弱小的人,但是他几十年都坚持跑步,最后竟然达到可以参加职业马拉松大赛的水平。 一个人的潜能有多大,...
评分 评分这部书里关于“考试前骑马狂欢”令人捧腹的描述好像再现了堂吉诃德中“旅店一夜”的疯狂搞笑场景,而“夜袭事件”方佛又重现了了不起的盖茨比中的真诚者被背叛而负担起沉重的十字架,不过梦幻森林中的小木屋则给人阅读瓦尔登湖同样的感受,主人公终于能够逐渐面对孤独而恬...
评分精彩!在作者笔下与主人公共同感受60趟400米快跑间歇训练,在最后一场比赛的描写中,不止能看到赛道上运动员们奋力拼杀,镜头切换,仿佛置身比赛中!作为一名跑步爱好者,更能感受书中数字所带来的震撼以及恰如其分又不失幽默风趣的比喻,后半部分一口气看完,合上书后,只感觉...
I don't know if I can do this. ---You can do very nearly everything. Havent you figured that out? 致敬孤独地在雨夜中奔跑的miler
评分不好看。据说后半段会有意思一些,但我没有坚持下去……
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评分I don't know if I can do this. ---You can do very nearly everything. Havent you figured that out? 致敬孤独地在雨夜中奔跑的miler
评分I don't know if I can do this. ---You can do very nearly everything. Havent you figured that out? 致敬孤独地在雨夜中奔跑的miler
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