I was going through the heat sheet from Nationals and noticed an ad for a new book by Hodding Carter called "Off the Deep End." Check out the reviews on the Barnes & Noble site: search.barnesandnoble.com/.../isbnInquiry.asp
It comes out in June. Sounds pretty entertaining to me!
P.S. I hope this isn't construed as an ad for the book. I don't know Carter and have no commercial interest in this book.
How can I put this in a nice way -- there are many swimmers out there around his age who actually have a shot at making it to the Olympic Trials, who are not just swimming to get publicity for a book.
I doubt that's the only reason he's swimming. And, yeah, I'm sure he didn't really think he had much of a shot, but that's the kind of tagline that helps sell books. If he had said he was trying to make the USMS Top Ten list that probably wouldn't have been quite as impressive to the general public :)
Bottom line is it's a book about a guy in his 40s who got back into competitive swimming and wanted to see how well he could do. That seems like a topic that would resonate with a lot of people in this forum to me.
How can I put this in a nice way -- there are many swimmers out there around his age who actually have a shot at making it to the Olympic Trials, who are not just swimming to get publicity for a book.
I doubt that's the only reason he's swimming. And, yeah, I'm sure he didn't really think he had much of a shot, but that's the kind of tagline that helps sell books. If he had said he was trying to make the USMS Top Ten list that probably wouldn't have been quite as impressive to the general public :)
Bottom line is it's a book about a guy in his 40s who got back into competitive swimming and wanted to see how well he could do. That seems like a topic that would resonate with a lot of people in this forum to me.
