Once a Runner

The undisputed classic of running fiction and one of the most beloved sports novels ever published, Once a Runner tells the story of a collegiate runner’s dreams amid the turmoil of the 1960s and the Vietnam War.

Inspired by the author’s experience as a collegiate champion, the novel follows Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrude...