Favorite T&F novel you've read?

[trackstar]

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Interesting list, aaronk -- many titles new to me. Here is one not on your list -- probably familiar to many on here.

The Olympian, Brian Glanville (1969)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Glanville#Novels

It's been a long time since I have read this one, but I was very impressed by it and would recommend it to anyone seeking Track & Field/Athletics-related novels.

Is the Olympian the one where the crazed coach tries to convince his runner that he can break the two-hour marathon, and the dazed runner trots into the stadium and then literally hits a wall?

[lonewolf]

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[Is the Olympian the one where the crazed coach tries to convince his runner that he can break the two-hour marathon, and the dazed runner trots into the stadium and then literally hits a wall?

I don't remember the name but I remember the movie.. the coach had the runner running up hill carrying the coach on his back....which I thought was pretty silly,...

[Per Andersen]

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I don't remember the name but I remember the movie.. the coach had the runner running up hill carrying the coach on his back....which I thought was pretty silly,...

Elliott once carried Cerutty on his back in that 80ft sandhill on the beach at Portsea.

[Master Po]

Re: Favorite T&F novel you've read?

Interesting list, aaronk -- many titles new to me. Here is one not on your list -- probably familiar to many on here.

The Olympian, Brian Glanville (1969)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Glanville#Novels

It's been a long time since I have read this one, but I was very impressed by it and would recommend it to anyone seeking Track & Field/Athletics-related novels.

Is the Olympian the one where the crazed coach tries to convince his runner that he can break the two-hour marathon, and the dazed runner trots into the stadium and then literally hits a wall?

Not familiar with the story you mentioned here; in any case, it is not The Olympian, which is about a miler.

[tyche]

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The marathoner running into the wall in the stadium is from The Games.

[trackstar]

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The marathoner running into the wall in the stadium is from The Games.

Thanks! That was driving me crazy trying to remember. Not exactly a tough title to remember, but I couldn't.

[trackstar]

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The marathoner running into the wall in the stadium is from The Games.

Tyche, who wrote The Games? Impossible to find references online because Googling "Olympics" and "The Games" just produces tons of predictable results not about the novel.

[aaronk]

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The marathoner running into the wall in the stadium is from The Games.

Tyche, who wrote The Games? Impossible to find references online because Googling "Olympics" and "The Games" just produces tons of predictable results not about the novel.

It's "The Games" by Hugh Atkinson, from 1968.
It's 446 pages in paperback, and is available used for a penny (!!), plus $3.99 shipping, by Amazon.
But you must type "The Games by Hugh Atkinson", not just the title, into Amazon's books search browser, otherwise you won't get it!!

BTW, it was one of the books I listed in my initial post, but I didn't have the author's first name then!!