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.
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...
评分有两处纰漏。一是165页“他们倒是以一小时十五分的时间跑完了三十四公里”。这绝无可能,一万米世界纪录也不过26分左右。二是244页提到芬兰长跑名将帕沃·努尔米,脚注说“在第三届奥运会中获得九枚金牌和三枚银牌”,其实是三届,而非第三届
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...
评分在雨中奔跑,在田野奔跑,在夜晚的街上奔跑······都是美妙的体验,但有一个关键,那就是要一个人安静地跑,最多像卡西迪那样,再加上一到两个同伴,足够了。 在长跑的过程中,确实可以深切地感受到一种低调的兴奋、孤独,和自由,我相信,所有热爱跑步的...
audiobbok 8.5 hours 4.14
评分不好看。据说后半段会有意思一些,但我没有坚持下去……
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audiobbok 8.5 hours 4.14
评分不好看。据说后半段会有意思一些,但我没有坚持下去……
本站所有内容均为互联网搜索引擎提供的公开搜索信息,本站不存储任何数据与内容,任何内容与数据均与本站无关,如有需要请联系相关搜索引擎包括但不限于百度,google,bing,sogou 等
© 2025 book.wenda123.org All Rights Reserved. 图书目录大全 版权所有