The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a story by the British writer Alan Sillitoe published in 1958, and it is contained in a collection of short stories published under the same title.

In the film, which is based on the book's title story, an impoverished Nottingham teenager has few prospects in life and enjoys few pursuits beyond committing petty crimes. His home life is dismal as well. Caught for robbing a bakery, Colin is confined in a borstal, or prison for delinquent youth. He seeks solace in long distance running, attracting the notice of the school's authorities, but, during an important cross-country meet which he is winning, he stops running just short of the finish line to defy his captors.

It was subsequently adapted into a film of the same name.

Musical Adaptations

• The British heavy metal group Iron Maiden adapted the short story into the song of the same name on their Somewhere in Time album.
• British Oi! and punk band The Angelic Upstarts included a song of the same name on their Reason Why? album.
• Scottish rock group Belle and Sebastian, adapted the title for the song "Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner" on their 2001 EP, Jonathan David.
• American band Ruxton Towers takes its name from the film, in which a reformatory school has the same name. how he is alive
• Washington D.C. punk band Fugazi have a song entitled "Long Distance Runner" on their fourth LP, Red Medicine.

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