Finding Triathlon

How Endurance Sports Explain the World

Scott Tinley

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Hatherleigh Press,U.S.
04 January 2016

Multidiscipline sports

Training

for and completing a triathlon is one of the most grueling life

experiences anyone can have, requiring a degree of personal commitment,

individual strength and

iron will that few people possess. A true test of your ability to find,

and then surpass your physical, mental and emotional limits, the only

real analogue to triathlon...is the challenge of life itself.

In Finding Triathlon,

professional athlete Scott Tinley explores the world inside and outside

endurance sports, seeking answers to age-old questions. Part memoir,

part cultural exploration, Tinley uses the language

of sports to speak universal truths. Told through anecdotes, both

personal and shared, with a critical, inquisitive, and often humorous

interpretation of a life lived through the medium of sports, Tinley

reflects on the sport of triathlon, honest competition,

and the drive to improve ourselves as a whole, looking to understand

how and why we live our lives.

Finding Triathlon is not a self-help book, and it's not a fitness guide.

Nor is it just about triathlons and triathletes. It's about a

lifestyle, a perspective, a way of looking at the world and its

challenges, as you strive to better yourself and better understand yourself. Whether you're training for the next big race or you've never run a mile in your life, Finding Triathlon speaks

to the champion in each of us, demonstrating how making the decision to

push ourselves to succeed in our dreams can affect our life, our world,

and our future.

By: Scott Tinley
Imprint: Hatherleigh Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 306g
ISBN: 9781578265848
ISBN 10: 1578265843
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 04 January 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prologue-isms 1: Athletes in the Midst 2: The Athlete Within 3: The Not-So-Simple “Why” of Stuff 4: The Question of Work 5: A Numbers Game Played with Hearts 6: How Endurance Sports Explain Speed and Age 7: Our Relationship with Our Bodies 8: Illness and Injury in Endurance Sports 9: The Physically Challenged Question 10: Getting to the Heart of the Matter 11: More about Meaning and Motive 12: How Endurance Sports Explain Our Sense of Place: Ruminations on the IRONMAN® Triathlon and Kona 13: The Question of Indoor Sports 14: How Triathlon Explains the Environment 15: Sport and Travel 16: The Athlete Hero Rising and Falling 17: Technology in Sport 18: How Sports Style Explains Style 19: On Fear and Fish 20: Sports Labels, Common Sense, and Decisions of a Sporting Nature 21: God at the 20-Mile Mark 22: Children in the Street 23: Finding the Golden Mean: One Man’s Sporting Relationship with Right and Wrong 24: On the People Behind the Athlete 25: The Sports Icon: Why Pre Matters 26: Fandom 27: A Good Story Afterword

Scott Tinley is a former world-class professional athlete who has competed in over 400 triathlons, winning the IRONMAN World Championship twice and the IRONMAN World Series three times. Scott was inducted into both the Triathlon Hall of Fame and the IRONMAN Hall of Fame upon retirement in 1999. He founded and developed the sport of off-road triathlon, and continues to co-own and manage the longest running off-road triathlon in the world. He has done television commentary for CBS, ESPN, and ABC; been a contributing writer for CBSNews.com; and written for Sports Illustrated, Men's Journal, Triathlete Magazine, and Outside Magazine. Scott lives near the beach in Del Mar, California and on a ranch west of Gaviota, California with his family.

Reviews for Finding Triathlon: How Endurance Sports Explain the World

"“Scott Tinley has penned a masterful, larger-than-life valentine to a sport that he long ago helped define via his own performance and panache, and in these pages, triathletes of all ages and abilities will find insight and wisdom creatively probing that one question deeply in need of answering: why tri?” —William R. Katovsky, Founder, Triathlete Magazine “…one of the hardest working, winningest triathletes of all time.” —Slowtwitch.com “… the ultimate multisport athlete.” —Triathlete Magazine “His work ethic and consistency made him one of the most durable and feared triathletes of all time.” —Triathlete Magazine ""No one defined the free spirit and driving force of IRONMAN® like Scott Tinley."" —Ironman.com"