Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine | Tom Jordan

Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine | Tom Jordan | Best running book for me!!

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	Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine Tom Jordan Rodale Books, 1997 - 176 pages average customer review:based on 61 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The story of America's greatest running legend.

For five years, no American runner could beat him at any distance over a mile. But at the age of 24, with his best years still ahead, long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine finally lost. Driving alone at night after a party, Prefontaine crashed his sports car, putting a tragic, shocking end to the life and career of one of the most influential, accomplished runners of our time.

More than 20 years later, Pre continues to influence the running world.

From his humble origins in Coos Bay, Oregon, Pre became the first person to win four NCAA titles in one event. Year after year, he was virtually unbeatable. Instead of becoming one of the new breed of professional track athletes, Pre chose to stay amateur and fight for the adequate funding he felt American amateur athletes deserved.

A man of incredible desire and energy, Pre trained relentlessly. In his drive to be the best, he spurred others to do their best. As one racer said, "He ran every race as if it were his last."

But Pre not only touched runners; his exciting technique as well as his maverick lifestyle made him a favorite of the fans. A race with Prefontaine in it was automatically an event.

His brief but brilliant life is the tale of a true American hero.

This is his story.

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Very inspirational book!

An avid runner, I enjoyed the book immensely. Read it before you hit the roads.

Best running book for me!!

I checked this book out at the library a few years ago and loved it then. I decided it should be part of my library since it was a great read. I recommend it if you want inspiration to get back into running!

PRE: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine

My 17-year-old grandson is enjoying the book, which arrived in good condition. Thank you.

Good for a book that looks like it's made from interviews and press articles

I think this book does deserve a top ranking because it does give us good insight to Pre's life and is inspiring though still a basic overview. With that said, it does seem largely to be based on newspaper and magazine articles and interviews and as someone said, seems to scratch the surface about Prefontaine. However, in doing that, we still get the basic facts of his life, hometown, achievements, a bit on his training habits and his personality. Perhaps there is the need for a more grand examination of this runner but living tragically a short life, this is still a fair summary. Perhaps more about his trip to the Olympics and disagreements with the AAU could have been written about but I'm sure, there was a lot more to come from him. Eventually, I've got to see the movies.

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