Crawl of fame
Subtitle: Julie Moss and the fifteen feet that created an ironman triathlon legend
By: Julie Moss and Robert Yehling ; foreword by Armen Keteyian
Contributors: Yehling, Robert, author; Keteyian, Armen, writer of foreword
Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781681778563
Subjects: Women triathletes; Women athletes; Biography; Ironman triathlons
Other titles: Julie Moss and the fifteen feet that created an ironman triathlon legend; Julie Moss and the 15 feet that created an ironman triathlon legend
Description: "In 1982, Julie Moss ran the Ironman triathlon for her college senior research project. Her idea was quirky, even crazy; only a handful of hardcore, highly trained enthusiasts competed in the little-known, 140.6-mile combination of swimming, cycling, and running. Julie brought no experience or appreciable training beyond running two marathons... After becoming the unlikely leader during the marathon, the final leg of the Ironman, Julie fell and lost all bodily function fifteen meters (50 feet) from the finish. While on hands and knees, she watched her rival pass her. Thirty seconds later, she crawled across the line—stunning the millions who were watching on television. At age twenty-three, Julie became the instant global icon, and the public face of fitness and endurance sports — which exploded in popularity, partly because of her inspiration. That this young co-ed would represent such a new sport was unlikely. That she would inspire millions to change the courses of their lives in the three decades years since was unthinkable"--