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Finding Ultra : rejecting middle age, becoming one of the world's fittest men, and discovering myself / Rich Roll.
Recounts how the author, after realizing the daunting state of his health at age forty, overcame physical challenges and alcoholism over the course of two years while training for Hawaii's elite Ultraman competition.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307952202
- ISBN: 0307952207
- Physical Description: xxii, 375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: Revised and updated edition ; First revised paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Harmony Books, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: New York : Crown, ©2012. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [360]-364). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword -- Preface -- A line in the sand -- Chlorine dreams -- College currents: fast water, high times, and California cool -- From underwater to under the influence -- White sands and red stripe: hitting bottom in paradise -- Into the light -- My secret weapon: power in plants -- Training as life -- The aloha, kokua, and ohana of Ultraman -- Epic5: rookie mistakes, burning skies, Kahuna spirits, and a drunken angel in the pain cave of the real Hawaii -- There are no finish lines -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: the nuts and bolts of the plantpower diet -- Appendix II: a plantpower day in the life -- Appendix III: Plantpower recipes -- Appendix IV: the cleanse -- Appendix V: resources. |
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| Subject: | Roll, Rich. Ultraman World Championships. Triathletes > United States > Biography. Older athletes > United States > Biography. Ironman triathlons. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | 796.4257092 R749 2018 (Text) | 33126019876162 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/21/2024 |