Trizophrenia: Inside the Minds of a Triathlete

Trizophrenia: Inside the Minds of a Triathlete

Trizophrenia: Inside the Minds of a Triathlete

Trizophrenia: Inside the Minds of a Triathlete

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Overview

Life is better when you're a triathlete. That is what author and triathlete Jef Mallett believes, and millions of triathletes around the world agree.

Trizophrenia: Inside the Minds of the Triathlete, by nationally syndicated illustrator and veteran triathlete Jef Mallett, offers up the first exploration of the triathlon lifestyle. With the same humor and insight readers love in his "Frazz" comic strip, Mallett delves into the intoxicating subculture of the sport that is three sports.

Mallett unveils the triathlete's obsessive-compulsive need for the rituals of the sport: eat, swim, eat, work, eat, ride, eat, work, eat, run, eat, go to bed early. Get up at dawn and do it all over again.

Packed with illustrations that bring to life the countless conundrums a triathlete embraces every day, Mallett's light-hearted declaration of love for his sport will convince anyone that life is more worth living when you're a triathlete.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781937716035
Publisher: VeloPress
Publication date: 10/09/2009
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 7 MB
Age Range: 16 Years

About the Author

While in high school, Jef Mallett produced a daily comic for the "Pioneer" in Big Rapids, MI. He later worked as a cartoonist, and as an art director and an editorial cartoonist for a chain of eight midsize dailies. He has written and illustrated the children's book "Dangerous Dan", and has also served as an illustrator for other authors, including best-seller Mitch Albom. Jef is also a contributing editor for "Inside Triathalon" magazine. He lives in Lansing, MI.
www.comics.com/comics/frazz/

Table of Contents

Foreword by Peter Sagal

Introduction: The Power of Three

PART I: WHAT IT IS

  • The Structure of a Sport with a Simple Structure
  • One: The swim
  • Two: The bike
  • Three: The run
  • A BriefHistory of a Sport with a Brief History
  • One: When it started
  • Two: How it started
  • Three: Why it stuck
  • Your Future in a Sport You Can Do for the Rest of Your Life
  • One: What to do
  • Two: What to expect
  • Three: How to explain it

PART II: WHAT IT'S LIKE

  • Training Day
  • One: The time
  • Two: The effort
  • Three: The economics
  • Rest Day
  • One: Gosh, you look great
  • Two: Gosh, you feel great
  • Three: Gosh, you're cranky, irritable, and impossible to live with
  • The Race
  • One: The race preparation
  • Two: The race
  • Three: The vibe

PART III: WHAT IT TAKES

  • What We've Learned About Our Resources
  • One: The money
  • Two: The smarts
  • Three: The discipline
  • What We've Learned About Our Bodies
  • One: Fuel
  • Two: Durability
  • Three: Talents
  • What We've Learned About Our Heads
  • One: Guts
  • Two: Determination
  • Three: Appetite

Epilogue

Appendix by Patty Mallett

Acknowledgments

About the Author and Illustrator

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