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What makes some men drive themselves to succeed in their chosen sport, no subject how daunting the chances? And what are the struggles that win almost inevitably brings? Meet the swiftest and saddest cyclist of his time, a guy whose craving for quickness was outstripped by an awful craving toward self-annihilation. Make an effort to understand the most attained high-school runner in American history, whose long-distance files still astound and who, a few years later, abruptly abandoned his partner and three small kids. Find out about the briefly glorious life of the best scorer in Section I college hockey, one of the interior city's great success reviews . . . while it lasted. This superbly narrated and insightful audiobook employs the paths of thirteen ravaged champions in solitary crafts such as cycling and running, bowling and boxing, backpacking and golf. These men work at and excel at their sports, driven only by a using up need to demonstrate themselves. Movingly detailed here are their agonizing journeys to grace, and their eventual realization that no win brings lasting contentment. In short, this is actually the human experience, told in mere seconds and a long way, scorecards and files.
