The Lonely Marathon
“It was months later that I began to recover and to relive the mixture of emotions I felt as I ran that marathon. There had been exuberance, of course, but through it had flowed a widening current of disturbing melancholy. I was unprepared for the sense of loneliness I felt more deeply the farther I...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1982
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| In: |
Theology today
Year: 1982, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-45 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | “It was months later that I began to recover and to relive the mixture of emotions I felt as I ran that marathon. There had been exuberance, of course, but through it had flowed a widening current of disturbing melancholy. I was unprepared for the sense of loneliness I felt more deeply the farther I ran.… At one of the great moments of my life, for which I had worked patiently and hard, I realized I was awfully alone. Something was missing.” |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057368203900106 |
