Racing The Dark

Author : David Millar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451682700
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racing Through the Dark written by David Millar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WORLD-CLASS CYCLIST, Tour de France stage winner, and time trial specialist David Millar offers a vivid portrait of his life in professional cycling—including his soul-searing detour into performance-enhancing drugs, his dramatic arrest and two-year ban, and his ultimate decision to return to the sport he loves to race clean—in this arrestingly candid memoir, which he wrote himself. As a young Scottish expat living in Hong Kong with his father after his parents’ divorce, Millar showed early promise with mountain biking and BMX. Two wise local cyclists took him under their wings, encouraging him to concentrate on road racing. Millar proved a ready convert. Racing Through the Dark offers the winning account of his climb through the ranks—first as an amateur and then as a pro, riding for the French team Cofidis. Among his early triumphs were several stage wins in the Tour de France. From the moment Millar turned pro, he began to see hints of the unethical measures that many— maybe most—of the other pros were taking in order to race at the very tops of their games . . . and beyond. At first, he felt that he was immune to temptation, that he could win clean. But the ugly pervasiveness of performance-enhancing drugs and the seemingly universal attitude that condoned it began to corrode his willpower. Racing Through the Dark details his eventual capitulation, his subsequent arrest and two-year ban from cycling, and his remarkable comeback as a clean cyclist who is now doing his utmost to keep performance-enhancing drugs out of the sport he so loves. Filled with thrilling descriptions of the world’s most spectacular courses, Racing Through the Dark captures the pure joy of cycling and includes some of the most vivid accounts of racing ever written by a true insider.

Author : Mattie Jackson Selecman
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 0785241329
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lemons on Friday written by Mattie Jackson Selecman and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When your life is suddenly full of questions, how do you move forward in faith? After being married for less than a year, country music legend Alan Jackson's daughter Mattie was faced with navigating a future that didn't include her young husband and the life they dreamed of together. Ben Selecman passed away twelve days after suffering a traumatic brain injury--and three weeks before celebrating his first anniversary with his wife. Suddenly, twenty-eight-year-old Mattie had to find a way to reconcile herself with a good God, even when He did not give her the healing miracle she prayed for. In Lemons on Friday, Mattie Jackson Selecman invites you to walk with her during the first years of grief following Ben's tragic death as she grapples with her loss and leans on a steadfast God. Mattie wrestles with questions that we've all faced in the midst of grief and loss, including: How did I get here? Will this always hurt? Who am I now? Where can I find the strength to keep going? Lemons on Friday will give you the encouragement you need to see life and love in a brand new light, no matter what you're facing. Praise for Lemons on Friday: "Mattie's story carries you through a valley of unbearable heartbreak, and in the very next moment, you are experiencing an ocean of peace that is the heartbeat of Jesus. Her honesty and vulnerability in this book are a beacon of light to any heart that has experienced total darkness. The courage and wisdom expressed through her words will inspire hope in readers, no matter their walk of life." —Lauren Akins, New York Times bestselling author of Live in Love

Author : Alaya Dawn Johnson
Publisher : Agate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1572846232
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racing the Dark written by Alaya Dawn Johnson and published by Agate Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the other women of her island, Lana expected to become a diver, harvesting jewels from a native fish. But during her initiation dive, she finds a blood-red jewel that marks her as someone with power. Though she hides the jewel, the mark it represents will drive her away from her home island and into an apprenticeship with a one-armed witch. Alaya Dawn Johnson has created an unforgettable coming-of-age story set in a world where wielding the power of magic requires understanding the true meaning of sacrifice.

Author : Peter Grimsdale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781471198281
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racing in the Dark written by Peter Grimsdale and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspirational story of the Bentley Boys and Le Mans - the race they made their own.

Author : Peter Grimsdale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781471198267
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Number Seven written by Peter Grimsdale and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspirational story of the Bentley Boys and Le Mans - the race they made their own.

Author : Alan Armstrong
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 037585889X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racing the Moon written by Alan Armstrong and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1947, eleven-year-old Alex and her impulsive, older brother Chuck befriend an army scientist who shares their interest in rockets and outer space travel.

Author : Matt Fitzgerald
Publisher : VeloPress
ISBN 13 : 1937716260
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racing Weight written by Matt Fitzgerald and published by VeloPress. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racing Weight is a proven weight-management program designed specifically for endurance athletes. Revealing new research and drawing from the best practices of elite athletes, coach and nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald lays out six easy steps to help cyclists, triathletes, and runners lose weight without harming their training. This comprehensive and science-based program shows athletes the best ways to lose weight and avoid the common lifestyle and training hang-ups that keep new PRs out of reach. The updated Racing Weight program helps athletes: Improve diet quality Manage appetite Balance energy sources Easily monitor weight and performance Time nutrition throughout the day Train to getand staylean Racing Weight offers practical tools to make weight management easy. Fitzgerald’s no-nonsense Diet Quality Score improves diet without counting calories. Racing Weight superfoods are diet foods high in the nutrients athletes need for training. Supplemental strength training workouts can accelerate changes in body composition. Daily food diaries from 18 pro athletes reveal how the elites maintain an athletic diet while managing appetite. Athletes know that every extra pound wastes energy and hurts performance. With Racing Weight, cyclists, triathletes, and runners have a simple program and practical tools to hit their target numbers on both the race course and the scale.

Author : David Millar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451682689
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racing Through the Dark written by David Millar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A vivid portrait of life as a professional cyclist by international champion David Millar, this arrestingly candid memoir follows his rise as a young racing star, his fall to the pervasive influence of performance-enhancing drugs--and his subsequent redemption"--

Author : Christine Feehan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780425211670
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Celebration written by Christine Feehan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the dangers to his lifemate Raven and their daughter Savannah, Mikhail Dubrinsky, Prince of the Carpathians, risks everything to protect his people from the extinction of their species, as Carpathians gather from around the world to take on their adversaries in an ultimate showdown.

Author : Elizabeth Mitchell
Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9780786886227
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Strides Before the Wire written by Elizabeth Mitchell and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2003-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ow in paperback, reporter Elizabeth Mitchell introduces her readers to the mysterious, mercurial world of horse racing in a book that's as fast-paced and colorful as a day at the track. Focusing on the 1999 Derby winner Charismatic, Mitchell traces this horse's amazing and ultimately tragic story, from the birth of a foal through its surprising rise to fame. Mitchell also follows the major players in Charismatic's life, including the family who bred him, the trainer, the owners, and the famed jockey Chris Antley, whose own story is more tragic than that of his horse. Through these interlocking stories a sense of familiarity with the key players in the industry evolves, as well as a greater understanding of the heart and soul of a sport that has fascinated human beings for centuries.