Stumbling towards the finish line : the best of ironman columnist Lee Gruenfeld / Lee Gruenfeld ; edited by Kevin Mackinnon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gruenfeld, Lee.

Contributor:

Mackinnon, Kevin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ironman triathlons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead, England : Meyer & Meyer Sport, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Best-selling novelist and non-fiction writer Lee Gruenfeld has been entertaining the triathlon world with hilarious essays, in-depth profiles and insightful observations for more than a decade. Now his best writings have been collected into a single volume that will let long-time fans relive their favorite pieces while introducing new readers to his unique voice. Anyone who likes sports - any sports - and great writing will love this collection of amusing, penetrating, and often totally off-the-wall observations.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; The First Part: Funny Stuff; You People are Completely Nuts; Visualizing Your Race; A Spectator's Guide to the Ironman; Exotic New Ironman Venues - Da Race'a Da Bums; SWT Seeks S/BWT For WOs, If You Know What I Mean; The 500th Anniversary Exxon-Mobile Ironman October 19, 2477 Event Summary; Ironing Out Ironman - How to Improve the World's Toughest Race; What's Latin for "Ironman"?; We Three Sports of Triathlon Are - Kona Karols for Obsessed Competitors; How to be Cool at a Triathlon; If Ironman was like the Tour de France

Eight Things Ironman Can Learn From the OlympicsAdding a Fourth Event; Advice for the New Owners; Six Things We Don't Want to Hear at Triathlons Anymore; Living With an Injured Iron Psycho Beast; How to Know if You're a Triathlete; Ironman: A Waste of Energy; Iron-Lingo; How to Win Ironman...Guaranteed; Ironman Whatever; Changing Course; Ambrosia; Advice no ka oi ("You Can't Get Better Advice Than This"); Who's in T1? (with apologies to Abbott and Costello); The Second Part: Not So Funny Stuff; Things You Probably Didn't Know; The Stone Walls of Kona

The Challenges of Being a Challenged Athlete in KonaPart I: Wheelies (Handcycle); Part II: Amputees (Physically Challenged Division); Q & A with: The Big Island; "While you were racing"; The Age Grouper's Race; Speaking Hawaiian; Things You Probably Didn't Know About People You Probably Know; Q & A with: Diana Bertsch; Q & A with: Mike Reilly; Q & A with: Steve Butterfield; Q & A with: Rocky Campbell; Greg Welch: Alive and Well; Rudy Garcia-Tolson; Part I: Athlete; Part II, The Rudy Projectile: Ironman Arizona; Q & A with: Ellen Hart; Q & A with: Karen Aydelott

Cherie Gruenfeld: One from the HeartThings You Might Want to Know; Barbara Warren: A Reminiscence; A Word to the Triathlon Widow; Circling the Drain; FINAL WORD - 2009 Ironman World Championship Wrap-up; About the Editor; Credits; The Author; Further Reading

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 21, 2013).

ISBN:

1-78255-340-1

1-78255-005-4