I've just finished the third and final book in the trilogy and have quite a few nonfic running books to read but there's just something about being drawn into a story like Quenton's. Is there anything remotely similar?
I've just finished the third and final book in the trilogy and have quite a few nonfic running books to read but there's just something about being drawn into a story like Quenton's. Is there anything remotely similar?
i don't think its as good as once a runner (or again to carthage for that matter), but River Road is still an enjoyable read. its by Denis Barker.
Thanks, looks pretty good.
Still can’t believe I read once a runner. It has to be a unique experience to be so into running that you read a fictional book about a guy busting his ass to be good at running and enjoy the hell out of it.
Every, single opinion piece published on this site is heavy in fiction, though it's usually crap writing.
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I've just finished the third and final book in the trilogy and have quite a few nonfic running books to read but there's just something about being drawn into a story like Quenton's. Is there anything remotely similar?
A modern take on Parker's classic. You might enjoy by a Lets Runner.
https://www.amazon.com/Racing-Shadows-James-K-Dill/dp/1627202420218er wrote:
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I've just finished the third and final book in the trilogy and have quite a few nonfic running books to read but there's just something about being drawn into a story like Quenton's. Is there anything remotely similar?
A modern take on Parker's classic. You might enjoy by a Lets Runner.
https://www.amazon.com/Racing-Shadows-James-K-Dill/dp/1627202420
I enjoyed Racing Shadows. I also liked "On Sundays we go long"
A group of runners are a team in a cross-country league in California.
I'd recommend a boon called chasing ghosts, definitely an enjoyable read.
Tom McNab: Flanagan's Run
It's not quite as realistic as "Once a runner", rather a swashbuckling tale about a depression era race across the US. It's been ages I read it (in the 1980s) but I found it quite entertaining back then.
If you can find a copy, The Purple Runner by Paul Christman is written very much in the same spirit as OAR. Also, even though it's non-fiction, Best Efforts by Kenny Moore is one of the best out there.
Supernova is a great book about Villanova in the 70s... I thought it captured the great camaraderie of collegiate running as well as anything I have read.
I really liked Purple Runner and if you can find it, The Long Run of Miles Mayberry by Alcorn (good/well written/strange) and Prices, The Other Kingdom is good. Kenny Moore and Supernova not fiction but well written books.
The Olympian predates Once A Runner by about 10 years but has a lot of similar themes.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1081242.The_Olympian
For short stories, it's hard to beat The Runners Literary Companion
https://www.amazon.com/Runners-Literary-Companion-Stories-Running/dp/014025353X
"John Sobieski Runs" and "Going to Run All Night" are particularly good selections from this compilation.
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The Olympian predates Once A Runner by about 10 years but has a lot of similar themes.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1081242.The_Olympian
The Olympian is a great book
This is a great one. The issue is modern fiction. Parker sets the mark, but that was early 70's. Next up?
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