Secrets of the Ironmen - Iron Rookie

"This isn't just 'another inspirational story' - it's a complete manual! - We have all heard of couch to 5k - Well this is couch to IRONMAN!.."...... 'Secrets of the Ironmen' is the amazing story of Iron Rookie.... At the start of his journey, he was very overweight and very, very unfit.... He was unable to swim a single length front crawl, hadn't ridden a bike for over 15 years and was unable to run any more than ten yards without wanting to stop.... At the end of his journey, he became an Ironman... How?... By learning the secrets of the Ironmen themselves!... It all started when his wife challenged him to run round a lake trail near his house that was just 2.5km in length... He then 'fell' into his first triathlon, having seen an advert for it at his local sports centre... The pivotal moment came when he moved back to Bolton and realised that he lived on the Ironman bike route... Iron Rookie began to cycle parts of it regularly and whenever another cyclist had the 'audacity' to overtake him, he tried to 'interview' them... The secrets that they shared with him changed his life.... Iron Rookie then went on to complete Super Sprint, Sprint, Olympic, 70.3 and full Ironman Triathlons, together with 2.5km, 5km, 10km, half mara and full marathon run races inbetween... This book isn't just another 'inspirational story', it's a complete training manual showing how he did it... Inside these pages you will find the exact training plans that he created and followed for all of the races detailed above, the secrets (40 in total), race reports, the 'Ironman Diaries' - a 28 part 'week by week' commentary on his training for IMUK as he did it and a further 7 interviews from some truly inspirational Ironmen that have completed the iron distance nearly 200 times combined... This isn't a book about 'speed' or achieving a certain 'time' in order to be 'happy'... This is a book about how you take something that you believe to be impossible and turn it into the possible... It's about the wonderful journey that you will go on in order to get to the Ironman start line... But more than that... It's about what happens when you get there... Lining up with some of the finest athletes in the world whilst being roared on by thousands of fantastic supporters who line every inch of the Ironman race circuit will be one of the most magical experiences of your life!... To your amazing journey.....