Room for improvement, notes on a dozen lifelong sports, John Casey
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Room for improvement, notes on a dozen lifelong sports, John Casey
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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contains biographical information
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Room for improvement
Nature of contents
bibliography
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703209247
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John Casey
Sub title
notes on a dozen lifelong sports
Summary
A collection of essays describes the author's obsessive pursuit of a variety of extreme athletic challenges, including an Outward Bound course during a Maine winter, a showdown with a Judo instructor, and an unconventional seventieth-birthday marathon
Table Of Contents
I got fat in law school -- The social life of the long-distance runner -- Fox island -- "Oro mo Bhaidin" -- The watch that ends the night (Outward Bound) -- Cross-country skiing -- Away from New England, away from saltwater and snow -- Fifty miles -- Farewell to Fox Island -- WInter outward bound -- Ocean State Marathon -- Intervals -- Into the woods (Tom "tracker" brown) -- Peter's Creek to Westport point -- Fiftieth birthday, January 18, 1989 -- Cross-country skiing with Harold in Sweden -- Faster boats -- Stowe, Vermont, 1995 -- Aerobic points -- Along the way -- Delaware canoe trip, second leg -- One thing leads to another
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