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Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine
by Tom Jordan
The short, definitive biography of Prefontaine: Coos Bay, Oregon, Munich, the fight against the AAU, the crash at 24. Spare and moving.
Read it if…
you want Pre's story without Hollywood.
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Skip it if…
you want training detail.
Try instead: Painting as a Pastime →
Three things you will actually use
- Give everything, every race.
- Fight for athletes' rights.
- Legends are made by effort.
Do this first
Read the Munich chapter.
Our verdict
Prefontaine, briefly.
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