{"id":1553,"date":"2009-08-12T07:52:31","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T12:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2010-08-23T07:30:32","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T12:30:32","slug":"book-review-once-a-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/book-review-once-a-runner\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Once a Runner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Once a Runner\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.slate.com\/media\/1\/123125\/123050\/2180573\/2206024\/081231_CB_oncearunner.jpg?resize=150%2C234\" alt=\"Once a Runner Cover\" width=\"150\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>John L Parker&#8217;s <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Once a Runner: A Novel\" rel=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Once-Runner-Novel-John-Parker\/dp\/1416597883%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dcrossinator-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1416597883\">Once a Runner<\/a> is a cult classic for runners.\u00a0 And I would throw my hat into the ring on this one.\u00a0 The worst thing about this book is that it made me want to run more than I could at the time.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t read this book while you are recovering from an injury or you might try to sneak in for a run.<\/p>\n<p>Parker bring his imaginary runner, Quentin Cassidy, to life.\u00a0 It brought back many memories of college life.\u00a0 Our antics were different, but we had plenty of weird traditions and antics.\u00a0 I roomed with 3 other guys from the cross-country team senior year and we had a great time &#8211; those bonds are amazing and long-lasting.<\/p>\n<p>This book sat on my Amazon Wish-List for quite awhile until my wife got it for me for my birthday.\u00a0 I quickly finished this book which intermixes fictional characters and stories with real life hero&#8217;s such as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Shorter\">Frank Shorter<\/a>.\u00a0 Quasi-villian John Walton was based off of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Walker_(runner)\">John Walker<\/a> (according to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Once_a_Runner\">Wikipedia<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure many of us dream of running a sub-4 minute mile but Cassidy is actually really close before, stupid southern small town politics get in the way and almost ruin his career.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t give anything away but he puts in some killer miles and some killer workouts &#8211; 60 x 400 with 200m rest.\u00a0 The Trials of Miles is brutal, even for an elite athlete like him.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend reading this book and getting re-inspired to &#8220;pound the pavement&#8221; and reach your goals.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve not heard a bad word about this book.\u00a0 What do you think of it?<\/p>\n<p>[tags] Book Review, Once a Runner, John Parker, Running [\/tags]<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=625\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John L Parker&#8217;s Once a Runner is a cult classic for runners.\u00a0 And I would throw my hat into the ring on this one.\u00a0 The worst thing about this book is that it made me want to run more than I could at the time.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t read this book while you are recovering from an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56,4],"tags":[82,117,498,497,495,496,62,61],"class_list":["post-1553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-information","tag-cross-country-running","tag-frank-shorter","tag-john-l-parker","tag-john-parker","tag-john-walker","tag-once-a-runner","tag-running","tag-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-p3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1726,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/7-christmas-gift-ideas\/","url_meta":{"origin":1553,"position":0},"title":"7 Christmas Gift Ideas","author":"crossn81","date":"December 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Image by chotda via Flickr As the gift-giving season of Christmas approaches here are seven ideas for the runner in your life. \u00a0Oh wait, that is probably you. \u00a0Let your gift giving friend see this list! \u00a0The following links are to my reviews of the product so you can see\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Information&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Information","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/information\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"christmas gifts","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/43\/78913914_5a3e75ee66_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5696,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2014\/loosen-up-run-better-book-review-ready-to-run\/","url_meta":{"origin":1553,"position":1},"title":"Loosen Up &#038; 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