Once a Runner: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once a Runner audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Patrick Lawlor (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Patrick Lawlor
Patrick Lawlor narrates 252 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,236 hours in all.
- The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
- No Hiding in Boise
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
- Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
- The Last Days
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,131 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- An American Marriage
- Daisy Jones & The Six
- The Couple Next Door
- The Life We Bury
- Call Me by Your Name
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Once a Runner is an audiobook by John L. Parker Jr.: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Lawlor, released August 15, 2009, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Lawlor
- Released
- August 15, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781441800916
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Once a Runner audiobook?
Once a Runner runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the Once a Runner audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Once a Runner?
Once a Runner is narrated by Patrick Lawlor.