Swim, Bike, Bonk: Confessions of a Reluctant Triathlete by Will McGough
English | November 1st, 2019 | ISBN: 1493041622 | 321 pages | EPUB | 1.10 MB
English | November 1st, 2019 | ISBN: 1493041622 | 321 pages | EPUB | 1.10 MB
Just as George Plimpton had his proverbial cup of coffee in the NFL as the un-recruited and certainly unwanted fourth-string quarterback for the Detroit Lions, so, too, did Will McGough immerse himself in a sport he had no business trying. Like Plimpton, whose football folly turned into the bestselling Paper Lion, travel and outdoor writer McGough writes of his participation in, around, and over the course of one of the world's premier triathlons, the annual 140.6-mile Ironman in Tempe, Arizona. McGough chronicles the Ironman's history, his unorthodox training, the pageantry of the race weekend, and his attempt to finish the epic event.