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This book is packed with useful insights that will not only support the readers journey to an IRONMAN finish line, but also inspire and equip her to embrace endurance sport as a rewarding way of life.
A NDREW M ESSICK , President and CEO, IRONMAN
Women all over the world can do a triathlon. This book will show you how.
N ICOLE D E B OOM , Founder of Skirt Sports
This book is a must-read for every person who wants to change her life through my three favorite activities: swim, bike, run. Merediths approach to triathlon training is both funny and detailed, effectively helping you reach your goal of crossing the finish line.
S ENATOR K YRSTEN S INEMA (D-AZ), Chair, Women for Tri Advisory Committee
You can become a triathlete. This book is proof that all you need is a little work, a lot of patience, and a spirit of never giving up.
D ANI G RABOL , first female EPIC 5 Finisher and author
Triathlon for the Every Woman tells the reader that she can do a triathlon in exactly as she isin the space, place and body she has now. Meredith has proven that she doesnt let anything stand in her wayincluding herself. Now, she has readers believing this true gospel.
L OUISE G REEN , author of Big Fit Girl
Do yourself a favor and read this book multiple times. What will you learn? To simply work hard, believe in yourself, and just keep moving forwardthats all you need.
M IRNA V ALERIO , ultra-runner and author of A Beautiful Work in Progress
This book will start you on a journey of a lifetime. As Meredith says, Just Keep Moving Forward.
J AMES L AWRENCE (The Iron Cowboy), and author of Redefine Impossible
Meredith Atwood and I are cut from the same cloth: were both on a mission to help women get out of their own way. If you follow the tools as outlined in Merediths book Triathlon for the Every Woman, youll get the kick in the butt you need to bring your fitness (and your motivation!) to the next level.
L AUREN H ANDEL Z ANDER , author of Maybe Its You, Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Handel Group
Triathlon for the Every Woman brings you up close and personal with Merediths journey from couch to competition. Rich with useful tips for anyone contemplating a triathlon, the book is as much a metaphor for anyone who chooses to make a big decision to change her life.
J OYCE S HULMAN , Founder and Chief Macaroni Mom, Macaroni Kid
This book will take you from wherever you are to the finish line of your first triathlon. You can be a triathleteno matter who you are or what limitations might seem to exist. With the right spirit, attitude, will (or wheels), you too can get to your goal finish line.
B RENT P EASE , The Kyle Pease Foundation
This book is an inspirational and practical guide for anyone who is ready to change her life through the sport of triathlon! Meredith, through her own personal journey, is proof that with a little sweat, determination, and a great sense of humor that you can change your lifeand encourage other people to do the same.
J ACK S PARTZ , author of Moving the Middle
To Mombow.
I wish Every Woman could have had a grandmother like you.
I miss you. Every single day.
TriathlonOne of the best and most addicting forms of competition consisting of swimming, cycling, and running all at varying degrees of distances. Triathlon is not for the weak, for it puts the athlete in an indescribable amount of pain, but when the race is over, you want to do it again. Anyone who downplays the difficulty of a triathlon or the classification of it as a sport should be beaten.
FROM U RBAN D ICTIONARY
E VERYTHING STARTS WITH A D ECISION; PAGE 1 OF THIS BOOK IS no differentits precisely where we join Meredith Atwood: with her Decision to become a triathlete. As Meredith shares her own real and heartfelt journey, going from the couch (and long hours at her law firm and new-momhood!) to triathlete, its clear that her motive for sharing her story is to convince you that you can do it, too! This book is like talking to a friend who wants to share this really cool thing with you and she isnt going to take no for an answer!
Nothing is sugar coated: the journey will be hard. There will be days when the self-doubt creeps in. There will be days when you cant do everything in your lifeand half of it not even wellbut youre reassured of two things: you can do hard stuff and it will be worth it. Gently your mind-set shifts from I cant to I can and I will.
For the newbie triathlete, this book is a must-read! Triathlon for the Every Woman condenses what usually amounts to years of trial and error and hundreds of conversations with friends, acquaintances, coaches, and experts into one book. When I read it, I, too, was reminded of so many aha! moments I have had in the sport. (If only I read the chapter about protecting the Queen in year one of my triathlon-ing, I could have saved myself a lot of discomfort!)