Starting at the Finish Line

2018-03-23

Author : Matthew Newman
Release : 2018-03-23
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Book Rating : 748/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Starting at the Finish Line by : Matthew Newman

Download or read book Starting at the Finish Line written by Matthew Newman. This book was released on 2018-03-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our job is to be there when things are bad." Matt Newman said this to financial planners on a daily basis as a wholesaler in the financial services industry. He constantly preached the need to plan in advance, to be prepared for the unexpected and inevitable. As a young man in his late thirties, he lived a healthy lifestyle, had a beautiful family, and a successful career. He practiced what he preached, and made sure he had a financial plan in place for his family. Everything seemed to be going in the right direction: Life was about to change drastically. After he began experiencing horrible headaches, insomnia, and strange speech issues, he realized something was very wrong. Four months into dealing with these issues, he finally went to the hospital; the doctors confirmed the worst; he had grade three astrocytoma. Matt was diagnosed with brain cancer at 39 years old. Luckily, he had someone to help him through every terrible moment. Matt's own father-in-law Larry had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer three years earlier. The two men found support in each other and their combined family as they worked to find normalcy in an abnormal situation. Matt's memoir chronicles the journey that his entire family and support group took together which got him to a place of clarity, understanding and appreciation.

To the Finish Line

2017-10-03 Sports & Recreation

Author : Chrissie Wellington
Release : 2017-10-03
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 974/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book To the Finish Line written by Chrissie Wellington. This book was released on 2017-10-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chrissie Wellington, the world's number one female Ironman athlete and four-time World Ironman Champion, presents her struggles, wisdom, and experiences gained from her hard-won career as a triathlete. With close to 2 million core participants, triathlons of various distances and challenges are attracting more participants than ever before. In TO THE FINISH LINE, one of the sports' greatest legends brings triathlon to life, with guidance for newbies or experienced athletes, to achieve their best triathlons-no matter their ability. Filled with training tips, practical advice and inside information from a champion, triathletes of all levels can benefit from Wellington's experience and insight. Her book will guide readers on their own journey, whether that be a sprint or an Ironman, and encourage them to rise to every new challenge.

Beyond the Finish Line

2020-09-23 Sports & Recreation

Author : Jonathan Finn
Release : 2020-09-23
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Download or read book Beyond the Finish Line written by Jonathan Finn. This book was released on 2020-09-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1880s photographers and sports enthusiasts confidently declared the end of dead heats in sporting competition. Reflecting a broader social belief in technology, proponents of the camera stressed that the device could provide definitive proof of who won and who lost. Yet despite this remedy for the inadequate human eye, competitive races between horses, boats, and bicycles ended too close to call a sole champion. More than a century later, when cameras can subdivide the second into ten-thousandths and beyond, athletes continue to cross the finish line in ties. In this fascinating journey through the history of the photo-finish in sports, Jonathan Finn shows how innovation was animated by a drive for ever more precise tools and a quest for perfect measurement. As he traces the technological developments inspired by this crusade - from the evolution of the still camera to movie cameras, ultimately leading to complex contemporary photo-finish systems - Finn uncovers the social implications of adopting and contesting the photograph as evidence in sport. At every turn empirical obsession intersects with the unpredictability of sports, creating a paradox wherein the precision offered by photo-finish technology far exceeds the realities of human performance and its measurement. Separating athletes by the hundredth, thousandth, or ten-thousandth of a second is often a fiction that comes with significant material and cultural implications. A lively biography of a critical technology, Beyond the Finish Line illuminates the cultural role of the photo-finish in win-at-all-costs culture and warn that in our pursuit for precision we may threaten the human element of sport that galvanizes mere spectators into fans.

Starting at the Finish Line Deluxe

2012-07-03 Self-Help

Author : Amy Unell
Release : 2012-07-03
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Rating : 468/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Starting at the Finish Line Deluxe written by Amy Unell. This book was released on 2012-07-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Deluxe eBook edition of Starting at the Finish Line includes complete text and photographs plus excerpts from the critically acclaimed documentary film Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story by Amy E. Unell with executive producers Grant Hill and Ann Rubenstein Tisch. The sign on his office door says “Track & Field Coach.” His life says infinitely more. Coach Al Buehler has enriched the lives of countless athletes, students, and others, including Olympians John Carlos and Carl Lewis, sports icons Mary Decker Slaney, Shane Battier, and Ellison Goodall Bishop (the first woman to run at Duke)—and thousands more who have never owned a pair of track shoes. He believes that finish lines are something to prepare for; and in his world, they should be a place to begin… Following a stellar college career at the University of Maryland, Buehler came to Duke in 1955 and has coached thousands of track-and-field and cross-country athletes, from the NCAA Championships to World Indoor Track Championships to the Olympics. Coach Buehler is the longest-term teaching professor and coach in Duke history, and one of the most successful. At a campus still segregated by race and gender, Buehler was an early and ardent advocate for desegregation and Title IX. Among his many honors is the Jackie Robinson Humanitarian Award. At heart, Coach Buehler is a mentor. And this book embodies his advice and memorable “Coachables”—along with commentary by notables from Coach Mike Krzyzewski and Jackie Joyner-Kersee to Carl Lewis and Joan Benoit Samuelson—that have motivated so many to play with integrity and heart—on and off the track.

Pledge of Allegiance

2020-10-15 Fiction

Author : Timarie
Release : 2020-10-15
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Pledge of Allegiance written by Timarie. This book was released on 2020-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: April 15, 2013, Patriots Day. The city of Boston, and all of the nation, was rocked by a terrorist attack at the historical Boston Marathon finish line. Among the lives affected by the tragedy are Michael Farino and Ireland Murphy. Neither could have predicted that the act of saving Ireland’s life would lead Michael on a journey of self-discovery, while a decades old war between their rival Boston crime families threatens their happiness and lives. While pursuing their seemingly forbidden love, they realize a profound shared secret connection between the two that began before their births. Michael and Ireland will have to either pledge their allegiances to either their families, or each other. Intense passion, secrets, betrayal, a complicated past and a life altering love affair are working against Michael and Ireland. The finish line is just their beginning….

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