You Are an Ironman How Six Weekend Warriors Chased Their Dream of Finishing the World's Toughest Triathlon

Name: You Are an Ironman How Six Weekend Warriors Chased Their Dream of Finishing the World's Toughest Triathlon
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ISBN: 9780670023028

ISBN-10: 0670023027

ISBN-13: 9780670023028

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jacques Steinberg

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A New York Timesbestselling author takes readers inside the Ironman triathlon. As he did so masterfully in his New York Timesbestseller, The Gatekeepers,Jacques Steinberg creates a compelling portrait of people obsessed with reaching a life-defining goal. In this instance, the target is an Ironman triathlon-a 2.4-mile open-water swim followed by a 112-mile bike ride, then finally a 26-mile marathon run, all of which must be completed in no more than seventeen hours. Steinberg focuses not on the professionals who live off the prize money and sponsorships but on a handful of triathletes who regard the sport as a hobby. Vividly capturing the grueling preparation, the suspense of completing…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/15/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Jacques Steinberg has been a staff reporter for The New York Times for more than ten years and currently is a national education correspondent. He lives in New York.



Introduction



Left, Right, Repeat



Lance Armstrong's Not My Hero Anymoreï¿½You Are



Courageous Warrior of Love



Kids, Don't Try This at Home



Walking on Air with My Chest Puffed Up



A Bright Pink Mohawk and a Skirt



Mommy's Recess Time



A Saw Blade, Hammer, and Chisel



The Incline



This Is Going to Hurt



His Time to Fight Had Ended



Rumors of My Demise May Have Been Greatly Exaggerated



The Yorkie and the Sugar Cookie



Half of My Peers Are Dead, Half of the others Are in Assisted Living, and Look What Fun I Have



My Kayak Angel



Talking to God



You Are an Ironman


Epilogue


Acknowledgments