As Good As Gold: 1 Woman, 9 Sports, 10 Countries, and a 2-Year

As Good As Gold: 1 Woman, 9 Sports, 10 Countries, and a 2-Year Quest to Make the Summer Olympics
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Imagine George Plimpton. Except with real athletic ability. And heâ€™s a woman. And sheâ€™s taken on a challenge that makes Paper Lion look like a brisk game of Go Fish.
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Meet Kathryn Bertine, elite triathlete, former professional figure skater, and starving artist. Just as her personal and professional dreams begin to crumble in the summer of 2006, ESPN stakes her to a dream:Â Take two years to make the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing. As Good As Gold is the heroic, hilarious account of Bertineâ€™s serial exertions in the realms of triathlon, modern pentathlon, team handball, track cycling, road cycling, rowing, open water swimming, racewalking, andâ€”fasten your seatbeltsâ€”luge.
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On her journey, the obstacles range from jet lag to jellyfish, flat tires to floundering relationships, repeated rejection to road rash. But, as time is running out, Bertine doesnâ€™t sweat the small stuff, only the largeâ€”like scouring the globe for a tiny nation to adopt her, and pushing her body and mind as far as it will go. Maybe all the way to China.
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Between harrowing, often laugh-out-loud episodes of triumph and humiliation, Bertine takes short â€œWater Breaksâ€ to contemplate the ins-and-outs of fan mail, failure, rehydration, nasal reconstruction, and how best to punish steroid users.Â
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Kathryn Bertine swims, runs, and ridesâ€”and writesâ€”like a champion. In As Good as Gold, Bertine proves she has something more valuable than an Olympic medal. Sheâ€™s got Olympic mettle. When it comes to the human heart, she takes the gold.
Country USA
Brand BALLANTINE GROUP
Manufacturer ESPN
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2010-05-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781933060538

Country	USA
Brand	BALLANTINE GROUP
Manufacturer	ESPN
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2010-05-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781933060538

As Good As Gold: 1 Woman, 9 Sports, 10 Countries, and a 2-Year Quest to Make the Summer Olympics

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