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Irondad Life
- A Year of Bad Decisions and Questionable Motives - What I Learned on the Quest to Conquer Ironman Lake Placid
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin, Julie McKay
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Sports
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-06-21
poignant and funny
Great take of the ups and downs of the triathlon journey. the sarcasm and funny put downs by friends and family are hilarious. the interesting part was the unexpected addition of the wife's story- that was pleasantly surprising. the doom & gloom surrounding the realism if too fast down hill - thoroughly recommended just for the sheer fun & journey aspect
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-06-21
10 stars
best iron man journey book I've read. I'm personally about 5 months into my journey and about 5 months away from my ironman in Waco. This book is hilarious. it's also very accurate. I've had some of the same conversations with my wife and they usually end with me saying "yes, but ill be an Ironman". the narration is also amazing. if 10 stars were available I would give it 10!!!
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