- Author : Scott Tinley
- Binding : Paperback
- Dewey Decimal Number : 796.4257092
- EAN : 9781592286638
- Edition : 1st
- ISBN : 1592286631
- Label : The Lyons Press
- List Price : $14.95 (USD)
- Manufacturer : The Lyons Press
- Number Of Items : 1
- Number Of Pages : 336
- Package Dimensions : 1.02 inches (Height) x 8.58 inches (Length) x 0.97 pounds (Weight) x 5.51 inches (Width)
- Publication Date : 2006-03-01
- Publisher : The Lyons Press
- Studio : The Lyons Press
What happens when the fans stop cheering and it's time to grow up? Facing change just might be the hardest game in town.
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Customer Reviews:
Customers rated Racing the Sunset: An Athlete's Quest for Life After Sport 4.5 stars out of 5.0 based on 9 reviews:good book
by LibKat (Cape Cod, MA) - 2010-04-02
I bought this book for my father who enjoys reading about sports and he said it was an intersting and well written book.Racing the Sunset
by Cecelia Rondou (Santa Rosa, Ca) - 2010-03-14
Many phychological factors are covered in this book describing the process that the aging professional athlete goes through. It not only applies to the professional athlete but also to us age group athletes who are professional in our own rights. But with age groupers, we are happy competeing at whatever level we find ourselves in at the time, if we have the desire and are not plauged by the aches and pains of life. The number of participants in sporting events goes down exponentially after 55. What motivates us to keep going after that? That's a good question too. A wonderfully written book.Great Read for any Triathlete
by Mark E. Fisler (Los Angeles, CA) - 2010-02-20
As an age-group athlete, I enjoyed reading about the exploits of one of the pillars of what is endurance athletics today. While the sport has changed much since those early days of triathlon, the drive to conquer these distances and endure has not. It was also interesting to get a perspective on what drives the endurance athlete to participate and/or get to the top of these types of sporting activities. I also found the book to be a must read for anyone who is currently facing the inevitable forks in the road that life throws at all of us.Loved the book
by M. Austin (Richmond, KY) - 2010-02-09
This book is relevant not just to athletes who are facing the tough transition to retirement, but for anyone facing a change in life which bears significantly on their self-concept. Many of the insights were helpful for me, as back surgery forced me to "retire" from 28 years of distance running. Tinley's writing is engaging, entertaining, and insightful.Great reading, even better writing
by Dr. Lee E. Brown (California) - 2007-09-30
This is a superb introspective look at the fear an athlete feels when the sound of clapping is silenced. This is a true literary gem that takes a qualitatively research based look at a problem too often ignored. I highly recommend this book to anyone who ever suddenly changed stages in life without benefit of a rule book to follow. You will find it engrossing and mind altering.
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