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Becoming an Ironman
First Encounters with the Ultimate Endurance Event
By Thom, Kara Douglass
- ISBN
- 978-1-89136-924-7
- Publisher
- Breakaway Bks.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 7, 2011
Ironman, like Kleenex, is a brand name; generically, the distance is called 140.6 or sometimes "ultra." Any way you look at it, going long is a freaky prospect, and I soaked up a lot of reassurance from this book when I read it a few years ago. Written for iron-distance first-timers, it presents about 25 athlete race reports that recap the venue, the organization, the writer's performance, and the challenges and ho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onJuly 7, 2011 | Booksmack!
Ironman, like Kleenex, is a brand name; generically, the distance is called 140.6 or sometimes "ultra." Any way you look at it, going long is a freaky prospect, and I soaked up a lot of reassurance from this book when I read it a few years ago. Written for iron-distance first-timers, it presents about 25 athlete race reports that recap the venue, the organization, the writer's performance, and the challenges and ho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
