Champion of Nothing - The Testament of a Journalist-Athlete

Published by AH & AW Reed in 1965.

This extraordinary book is the candid and revealing record of a young New Zealand journalist, passionately dedicated to sport, who has fought with bitter determination to excel as a long-distance runner, as a racing cyclist, as a hop, step and jump athlete.

When at last Norman Harris had to admit to himself that he had no chance of challenging the great champions, he turned to self-challenge. The final chapter of this book , describing how he ran into an insignificant place in a marathon field of 120, and could modestly and honestly claim this as a victory over self, makes really moving, as well as exciting, reading.