Trail Cooking & The Outdoors

‘The Slow Fat Triathlete’ Book Review

Nov 9th, 2008 by Sarah

One of the funniest and inspiring books I have read in a long time, Slow Fat Triathlete: Live Your Athletic Dreams in the Body You Have Now is the book for anyone who has dreamed of doing a tri or even doing a 10K race.

I love to walk and hike. I love long miles. But last time I did a 10K was a few too many years ago (I think Ford was maybe 2?) I don’t mind riding bikes though. And I can swim enough that I won’t drown. Lol…….

Her book got me to thinking about jogging the first 10K I did – I had signed up for it under the 10K Walk but no one else did, so it was either bump down to the 5K Walk or jog the 10K. And I did. Couldn’t move for a day or two and it felt like my knees were in my upper chest. But I didn’t finish last and more importantly, I had finished. After that I kept strictly to hiking except for the few times where I ran down trails attempting to lamely race darkness