Second Wind

The Rise of the Ageless Athlete

Lee Bergquist

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN:
  9780736074919
• eBook ISBN:
  9781492584100
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Geriatrics

Meet and learn why older men and women are passionate about fitness and athletics:

• Don McNelly has completed more than 150 marathons after the age of 80.
• Philippa Raschker has dedicated her life to track and was edged out for the Sullivan Award by swimmer Michael Phelps.
• Clarence Bass, in his 70s, has the polished physique of a man 50 years younger.

Second Wind: The Rise of the Ageless Athlete is an absorbing account of a growing subculture of Americans who are challenging the notion of what it means to grow old. Visit the book's Web site at www.SecondWindAthlete.com. Contents Prologue: Sprinting Into Midlife 1. From Bench to Bench Press 2. The Comeback 3. Older and Faster 4. American Birkenbeiner 5. Fabulous Abs 6. I Want to Be a Winner 7. A Runner's Heart 8. Ironwoman 9. Streakers 10. Swimming Against the Tide 11. Racing Across America 12. Marathon Man Epilogue: Ageless Role Models

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Prologue: Sprinting Into Midlife
• Part I Starting Out
• Chapter 1 From the Bench to the Bench Press
• Chapter 2 The Comeback
• Chapter 3 Older and Faster
• Chapter 4 The American Birkebeiner
• Part II Defying Age
• Chapter 5 Fabulous Abs
• Chapter 6 I Want to Be a Winner
• Chapter 7 A Runner’s Heart
• Chapter 8 Ironwoman
• Part III The Long Haul
• Chapter 9 Streakers
• Chapter 10 Swimming Against the Tide
• Chapter 11 Racing Across America
• Chapter 12 Marathon Man
• Epilogue: Ageless Role Models
• Appendix: Official USRSA Streak Registries
• References and Bibliography
• About the Author