Benjamin H. Cheever

Goodbye beer mile, hello wine marathon.

Being injured is a physical and psychological double-whammy. You're in pain, and you can't run.

John L. Parker Jr. took 30 years to write the sequel to his classic novel Once a Runner. Then he almost died, spending 16 days in a near-coma. He along with his fictional hero, Quenton Cassidy, discovered, monumental quests can be tougher the second time.