Slow Fat Triathlete: Live Your Athletic Dreams in the Body You Have Now
I included a cut/pste from Barns and noble book store about this book......I realy enjoyed this book. It is writen by a lady who got up to 265 pounds in 1999 and started getting into shape...and even tonday at around 200+ pounds competes in Tratalons..... She covers the 4 types of tries (sprints ...1/4 mile swim, 12 mile bike and 3.1 mile run) up to the full blown Iron Man 2.4 mile swim, 100+ mile bike, and 26 mile run......she approaches training, equiptment, the races and other as pects of getting into shape...with the goal of running a Tri of course.....with a great sense of humor, lots of personal acconts and some serious common sense. This book motavated me to begin thinking, MAYBE...just maybe I could get into (back??) shape. Since she is a women she also touches on things such as sports bras and other things importan to women...but does not over look us Guys.
Slow Fat Triathlete: Live Your Athletic Dreams in the Body You Have Now
Jayne Williams, Tim Anderson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1569244677
Format: Paperback, 179pp
Pub. Date: June 2004 Publisher: Marlowe & Company
From the Publisher
If you think that the only people who have any place in a triathlon are zero-body-fat elite athletes, reconsider right now. Triathlon and other endurance sports are a lot more accessible than you think. Jayne Williams, self-proclaimed "Slow Fat Triathlete," is living proof, and she wants you to join the fun. After years of obesity, poor health, and self-doubt, Jayne mustered up the will to exercise and worked her way from walking around the block to competing in her first triathlon in 2002. She got hooked on the rush of the race, and as a Slow Fat Triathlete, laughs at humiliation, embraces her foibles, and accomplishes impressive goals. Slow Fat Triathlete is for anyone who may be out of shape, undisciplined, or otherwise unprepared to enter a triathlon but is curious to try. With its singular mix of practical advice (do what it takes to avoid chafing), screwball anecdotes (meet the hula dudes from the Big Kahuna Half-Ironman), and off-kilter observations (your wetsuit can make you feel like a superhero), Slow Fat Triathlete proves that you don't have to lose weight, get your life in order, or have all the right equipment to pursue your athletic dreams. Just get off the couch, start moving, and have fun. You can do great things.
