Full Time & Sub-Nine: Fitting Iron Distance Training into Everyday Life
by David Glover
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Author: David GloverEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-31
ISBN: 0976549808
Number of pages: 237
Publisher: Rainmaker Publishing
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Book Review: Great book, whether training for triathlons or just life!
Summary: 5 Stars
Not being a triathlete or a distance runner, I wasn't sure what to expect when I reviewed David Glover's Full Time and Sub-Nine. Every sub-culture has its own language and expressions, and I was worried that I would be lost and miss the best parts of what David had to offer.
Instead, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself immersed not in a training manual, but in a story about one man's struggle for balance in a life full of promise but also long on adversity. David is an excellent story-teller, and this well written work pulls you in to his life early on, when he wasn't yet a superior athlete at the top of his game, and describes his life's journey from Idaho Falls to the Naval Academy and beyond, including his successful battle with cancer.
The author does an excellent job of relaying what was going through his mind when he was diagnosed with cancer, and how he channeled the frustration at his loss of fitness into a burning desire to complete in Iron distance triathlons, one of the most grueling sports in all of athletics. He also gives a painful glimpse into how his desire to be the best led him to almost obsessive training, resulting in bouts with burnout and two failed personal relationships.
Through all the adversity, David pushes through, becoming a better athlete and a better person after each challenge. Along the way, he gives advice specifically about training for endurance races and generally about finding balance in life. Established triathletes and couch potatoes alike will find his writing style well organized and easy to follow, and for those not in the sport, he teaches you everything you need to know to keep up with the story.
David's resume backs up the technical portions of his book; he's competed in 19 Iron distance triathlons and won four of them. Experienced triathletes and novices will both find important training information they can use. But this book is also a good news story to those facing cancer or similar afflictions, and David's comfortable style makes it an easy read for athlete and patient alike.
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Full Time & Sub-Nine offers a new outlook on meeting the demands of a vigorous triathlon training schedule while maintaining a "normal" life. It provides useful information for triathletes training at all distances, insight into lessons learned by a successful longtime endurance athtlete and cancer survivor, practical training fundamentals, and methods for dealing with and preventing overtraining.Subjects Books
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