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9781504756457 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, July 11, 2016), cover price $30.00
Hardcover:
9781621574828 | Regnery History, July 11, 2016, cover price $14.99
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9781504756464 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, July 11, 2016), cover price $24.95
9781504756471 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, July 11, 2016), cover price $19.95
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9781504756525 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, July 11, 2016), cover price $30.00
Hardcover:
9781621574835 | Regnery History, July 11, 2016, cover price $14.99
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9781504756532 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, July 11, 2016), cover price $24.95
9781504756549 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, July 11, 2016), cover price $19.95
Hardcover:
9781621572107 | Regnery Pub, October 20, 2014, cover price $27.99
Paperback:
9781891369780 | Breakaway Books, November 1, 2008, cover price $16.00
Hardcover:
9781891369575 | Breakaway Books, December 1, 2005, cover price $22.00
ContentsIntroductionThe Starting LineVoices from the Midpack (and Elsewhere)CoachesEat, Drink, But Be WaryTrainingFearRacingRecordsCross-CountryHillsIn the Footsteps of AtalantaThe MarathonThe MileMind Over MatterThe International RunnerPainThe OlympicsMedals and MoneyThe Finish Line: RetirementVictories and DefeatsWho's WhoA few of our favorite quotes:"Bid me run and I will strive with things impossible." âShakespeare"Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance." âChairman Mao"Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos." âDon Kardong"Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, like the muscles of the body." âLynn Jennings"If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk." âBill Rodgers"Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." âOprah Winfrey "The mile has all the elements of drama." âRoger Bannister"Mind is everything. Muscle â pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind." âPaavo Nurmi"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." âJuma Ikangaa"Start slowly, then taper off." âWalt Stack"Records are made to be broken." âAnonymousIntroduction by Mark Will-WeberCompiling a book of quotations is a bit like prospecting. For long, unrewarded hours you sift through the silt, murk, and bottom mud which comprise the great body of sports literature and journalismâall for that rare nugget of gold.I began work on The Quotable Runner without actually realizing that I was doing it. (I highly recommend this method for any lengthy task if you can arrange it.) The first few hundred quotations that I gathered were used at the bottom of race results, in batches of five or six quotes per race, which I passed on to the cross-country runners at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. As their coach, I thought it might be a fun way to jazz up the results sheets and inspire the runners to train with diligence and a new spark. Maybe a line from Zatopek, Nurmi, or Benoit would ignite a dre (view table of contents)
Hardcover:
9781558214200 | Breakaway Books, October 1, 1995, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: ContentsIntroductionThe Starting LineVoices from the Midpack (and Elsewhere)CoachesEat, Drink, But Be WaryTrainingFearRacingRecordsCross-CountryHillsIn the Footsteps of AtalantaThe MarathonThe MileMind Over MatterThe International RunnerPainThe OlympicsMedals and MoneyThe Finish Line: RetirementVictories and DefeatsWho's WhoA few of our favorite quotes:"Bid me run and I will strive with things impossible.
Paperback:
9781891369261 | Breakaway Books, September 1, 2001, cover price $13.00
Paperback:
9781558216136 | Spiral-bound edition (Breakaway Books, July 1, 1998), cover price $14.95
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9780875964324 | Wal edition (Rodale Pr, August 1, 1997), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Discusses nutrition, injury prevention, women's running, endurance, the mental side of running, cross-training, and the marathon
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