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14 Minutes: A Running Legend's Life And Death And Life (2012)

by Alberto Salazar(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1609613147 (ISBN13: 9781609613143)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Rodale Books

review 1: This is an excellent autobiography of one of the great running minds.I almost didn't read it. I'm not sure I'm glad I did.See, after last year's US national championship track meet, Salazar used his (and his employer Nike) influence to disqualify two rival runners in what was obviously an abuse of power. (Note: not a sports quibble, this was nearly universally recognized as flagrant.)But I do like reading his story and enjoyed his perspective. I think it's clearly HIS personal narrative and am uncertain an unofficial biographer would tell the same tale, but if you like running books, this is a good one.
review 2: I really wanted to like this book. My friend gave it to me & gushed about it. And I know Salazar is a running legend. So I was so excited to dive i... morento this. But I find the author to be tiresome & irksome. He comes across as smug and incredibly full of himself. It is one thing to write a book & say " I am proud of what I have achieved." It is another to speak of yourself as if you are the best ever & no one can top you. That just makes you arrogant- which is exactly how he comes across.In the end, at about 1/2 way through, I had to abandon the book. I hate to do that, but when you dread your 'for pleasure reading' then know something is amiss. less

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