Many of us ... I'd say most of us .. that have read this
book ... have passed through it ... participating in it ....
truely being One of the Runners .. in the saga...
I do not have to change my name ... none of us need to ....
I am Cassidy ... and I did run the race ...
But, I did not race against a phenom from down under ...
and did not run a sub 4 minute mile ....
But I did run on the team of a small school .... in fact one in
Eugene, Oregon in 72. We won state cross country champs and
went on to win District to ....
You know the story ... in fact ... you have the same story ...
We went to Pensacola, Florida .... and lined up with 300 other small
college runners ... and dang blasted man ... we won the thing ....
just like you did ....
You know the story ... and you have the story .... you are the story ...
Once a Runner is the story of ALL of us who call ourselves
Runner ...
The book was written by one of our Mates .. a great chap ... who did
what we all have done ... or dreamed to do.
Read the book .... it is sort of like the Bible of Runners.
Cassidy