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. The main character is a young man confined in a youth prison for delinquent young people, which is called a borstal institution. He seeks solace in long distance running.

[edit] 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.
• Washington D.C. punk band Fugazi have a song entitled "Long Distance Runner" on their fourth LP, Red Medicine.

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[edit] External links

• The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner at the Internet Movie Database
• The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner at BrokenProjector.com