<p>The controversial career of marathon runner Dick Beardsley is featured in this look inside the head of a distance runner as it describes his difficult life, what life is like as a celebrated athlete, and many struggles to overcome obtacles ranging from anear-fatal farm accident to recovery from an addiction to painkillers.</p>

Staying the Course: A Runner's Toughest Race

Beardsley, Dick

Anderson, Maureen

Biographies & Memoirs

Univ of Minnesota Pr

<p>For a moment Dick Beardsley became the most famous runner in the world by losing a race. In the 1982 Boston Marathon, Beardsley, foiled by a motorcycle that cut him off, finished two seconds behind Alberto Salazar in one of the most memorable contests in marathon history. Staying the Course recounts that race and the difficult years that followed, including his recovery from a near-fatal farm accident, his subsequent addiction to painkillers, and a public arrest for forging prescriptions. His story of overcoming obstacles speaks to anyone who loves competition, who has survived catastrophe, or who has pursued a seemingly impossible goal.</p>

Staying The Course: A Runner’s Toughest Race

Univ. of Minnesota Press

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Staying the Course: A Runner's Toughest Race

Staying The Course: A Runner’s Toughest Race