The Book Follows The Grueling Ironman Triathlon Path

"You are the Ironman: How did you weekend warriors ran their dream of finishing the hardest triathlon in the world" (Viking), by Jacques Steinberg: For many free runners, achieving a full marathon of life is the Holy Grail for cyclists can pedal 100 kilometers, forming the century, some swimmers want the circle of their favorite pond or swimming two miles offshore for the first time.

For a subset of athletes, however, the goal is nothing less than an Ironman triathlon: 2.4 mile swim, bike ride 112 miles and 26.2 miles long to be completed in this order and within 17 hours. The Ironman, a native of Hawaii for over 30 years with a field of 15, rose to an event held in different parts of the country in more than 50 000 athletes crossed the finish line.

 

Jacques Steinberg

 
Anyone wondering who could meet such a challenge grueling and what are their motivations would do well to read Jacques Steinberg story of three men and three women, most of them in their 40s who fork over a $ 525 refundable one year to the advance to register for the Arizona Ironman in 2009. Through interviews and entries in blogs and newspapers training, the reader follows the six as they put their normal routines on hold and adopt patterns of rigorous training in preparation for the big event.

Athletes are fascinating in their own right, helping to create an immediate bond with readers, and should make the book a compelling and inspiring reading for the obsessive exercisers and couch potatoes alike.

Among the cast of characters is Bryan Reece, who was "excessive stress, overweight, oversedentary and overwhelmed" when the back spasms brought him to the emergency room. When the doctor warned that his high blood pressure made him a "heart attack waiting to happen", 48 year old investment adviser in San Antonio turned his life around and began a rapid and significant turning point, that put him on anti-Ironman.

Leanne Johnson, the goal was the result of a promise made after cheering her husband, Scott, in his first Ironman arrive. It 'a result that was almost unbelievable: Scott was born with cystic fibrosis, and it was a double lung transplant before his eyes Ironman. Now it was the turn of his wife, and 30 years, a nurse in Wilmington, NC, to pay the same kind of support to her husband that she gave him.

Others try to join the ranks of Ironmen include a nurse with two teenagers who accepted the challenge a challenge, a cancer survivor who had the idea after hearing two men shared stories about their triathlon, a former social worker and mother five sons, who is running as an adult and an English teacher who was inspired by the national television of the original Hawaii Ironman, was considered a child.

Steinberg, the New York Times, it is clear from the outset that his book is not designed as a "how-to" training manual for triathletes. It does not address the small group of elite players competing for the prize money Ironman.

Instead, follow the six key players as they progress through their training and participate in marathons and sprint, Olympic and half Ironman triathlon battling injuries and periods of doubt. The story at this point, it can become tedious, but readers want to go and experience the excitement leading up to the finish line in Tempe, Arizona, where the race announcer proclaims that each participant comes through this " you are an Ironman ".

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