Run, Ride, Sink or Swim
A year in the exhilarating and addictive world of women's triathlon
Published on 7. May 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-571-31314-3 (ISBN)
Description
Three sports in one event? Triathletes must be crazy, right?
At the age of thirty-one, Lucy Fry was pretty certain she knew her limits: triathlon was not for her.
But as increasing numbers of her female friends signed up to tri, Lucy couldn't help wondering: what was it about this sport that women found so transformative? The time had come to find out.
Over one year, five triathlons and hundreds of training hours, Lucy discovers the competition and camaraderie, how to wear a sports bra under a wetsuit, whether getting over 'jelly legs' makes you a more resilient human being - and that maybe she doesn't know her limits after all...
Funny, warm and engaging, Run, Ride, Sink or Swim is for the tri-curious and the tri-hard, and for any woman looking to make the transition from sofa to start line.
At the age of thirty-one, Lucy Fry was pretty certain she knew her limits: triathlon was not for her.
But as increasing numbers of her female friends signed up to tri, Lucy couldn't help wondering: what was it about this sport that women found so transformative? The time had come to find out.
Over one year, five triathlons and hundreds of training hours, Lucy discovers the competition and camaraderie, how to wear a sports bra under a wetsuit, whether getting over 'jelly legs' makes you a more resilient human being - and that maybe she doesn't know her limits after all...
Funny, warm and engaging, Run, Ride, Sink or Swim is for the tri-curious and the tri-hard, and for any woman looking to make the transition from sofa to start line.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
265 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-31314-3 (9780571313143)
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E-Book
05/2015
Faber & Faber
€10.99
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Person
Lucy Fry writes a weekly fitness and wellbeing column for the Living section of the Sunday Telegraph, previously had a fitness-travel column at Easy Jet Magazine, and is currently the travel editor for DIVA. She writes regular features for many other newspapers and fitness and adventure magazines. Lucy is also an experienced and fully qualified Personal Trainer. More information can be found on her website: www.lucyfry.co.uk.