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...
Published in: | Theology today |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1982
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Theology today
Year: 1982, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-45 |
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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 |