People Who Sweat: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Pursuits - Couverture rigide

Chotzinoff, Robin

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9780151002863: People Who Sweat: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Pursuits

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ISBN 10 : 015100286X ISBN 13 : 9780151002863

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

From weekend warriors to the professional arena, we are a nation obsessed with sports. But what makes an ordinary person an athlete? Is it skill, or simply devotion? To find out, Robin Chotzinoff hit the road in search of people who sweat. Consider the triathalon runner known as "Little Fat Boy," he is world-famous because of his size and his consistency: he's always dead last. Or one political snowboarding champion who founded a snowboard camp for girls only. And many more inspiring "athletes": mall walkers and tree climbers and gym teachers, cancer patients and people who exercise to fill their "God-shaped void." And Robin Chotzinoff herself, after years of "terminal physical mediocrity," finds that it is possible to be athletic without being a good athlete. In the course of her travels she discovers what these people have known all along: that giving your body a chance to exult-whether by hanging ten with geriatric surfers or straining to finish an ultramarathon-is what sport is all about.

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Praise for People With Dirty Hands “Chotzinoff gathers a delightful gallery of men and women devoted to the promise of the earth. While she obviously shares their devotion . . . she also manages to plumb the roots of this magnificent obsession."-People “This woman absolutely has a gift for making people, even readers, feel relaxed and at home."-Los Angeles Times

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