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Once a runner

"Quenton Cassidy, a collegiate runner, gives up everything and moves to a cabin in the woods where he subjects himself to a brutal training regimen in a quest to become a world champion miler. Under the rigorous coaching of Bruce Denton, a former Olympic gold medallist, Quenton plans to compete against the best miler in the world."--Provided by publisher.

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  • "雨中的三分五十八秒"
  • "Yu zhong de san fen wu shi ba miao"

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  • "Originally self-published in 1978, this book became a rite of passage for many runners. It is the story of Quenton, a collegiate runner whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. When he becomes involved in an anti-war protest, he is suspended from the track team."
  • ""Quenton Cassidy, a collegiate runner, gives up everything and moves to a cabin in the woods where he subjects himself to a brutal training regimen in a quest to become a world champion miler. Under the rigorous coaching of Bruce Denton, a former Olympic gold medallist, Quenton plans to compete against the best miler in the world."--Provided by publisher."
  • ""Quenton Cassidy, a collegiate runner, gives up everything and moves to a cabin in the woods where he subjects himself to a brutal training regimen in a quest to become a world champion miler. Under the rigorous coaching of Bruce Denton, a former Olympic gold medallist, Quenton plans to compete against the best miler in the world."--Provided by publisher."@en
  • "Quenton Cassidy's 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 enters his school's athletic department. After becomming involved in a protest, he is suspended from his track team. Under the tutelage of a former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possbily 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."@en
  • "Distance runner Quenton Cassidy is suspended from the track team for his involvement in an athlete protest and risks his future prospects to train on a monastic retreat with an Olympic medalist."
  • "Distance runner Quenton Cassidy is suspended from the track team for his involvement in an athlete protest and risks his future prospects to train on a monastic retreat with an Olympic medalist."@en

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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Eens een hardloper : roman"
  • "Once a runner"
  • "Once a runner"@en
  • "雨中的3分58秒"
  • "Cassidys Lauf : Roman"
  • "Once a runner : a novel"@en
  • "Once a runner : a novel"
  • "Yu zhong de 3 fen 58 miao"

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