I'm Here To Win: A World Champion's Advice for Peak Performance

I'm Here To Win: A World Champion's Advice for Peak Performance

by Chris Mc Cormack (Author)

Synopsis

The Ironman World Championship is one of the most gruelling tests of mental and physical endurance and athleticism in the world. Its competitors have 17 hours to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run a full marathon, 26.2 miles. Chris McCormack has dedicated his life to training for - and winning - this race, a feat he has accomplished twice, along with winning the Australian Ironman five years in a row and coming in first at both the Triathlon World Championships and the International Triathlon Union World Cup. But his journey to athletic greatness is more than one of just physical endurance. I'M HERE TO WIN is McCormack's account of everything it takes - mind, body and spirit - to become a champion. In 2010, McCormack silenced his critics when he won the Hawaiian Ironman Championship at 37. He ran the race not just for himself, but for his late mother and the charity he founded in her honour to fight breast cancer. While Macca gives much credit to his physical performance, he believes his success comes from what he does before and after the race as much as during.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 23 May 2011

ISBN 10: 1455502677
ISBN 13: 9781455502677
Book Overview: Winner of the 2010 Hawaii Ironman Champion and many other Ironman competitions across the world, Chris 'Macca' McCormick has earned the title of the World's Greatest Athlete'. In I'M HERE TO WIN he tells the story of his rise to the top, from the roads of Australia to the front of a Wheaties box.

Media Reviews
McCormack recaps important races throughout his career with candor...He shares training expertise while offering readers advice to develop their own routines, exercise programs and race strategies... not for the faint of heart. --Forbes.com
If you're a competitive athlete and want to focus on your mental game, read I'm Here to Win. Macca is straight up and honest, putting forth embarrassing moments, times of doubt, and how he made it to the top of the podium so many times. --Stack.com
Author Bio
Chris McCormack was born in Sydney, Australia in 1973. He began competing professionally in 1996, and most recently, won the 2010 Ironman World Championship in Honolulu. Tim Vandehey is a professional ghostwriter for more than 30 books in the self-improvement, memoir, sports, spiritual, health, business and financial genres.