Ironmom : Training and Racing with a Family of 7

From the personal tragedy of a stillbirth to an Ironman and beyond, author and stay-at-home mom of five children Mette Ivie Harrison learned life lessons about accepting herself, moving forward, pushing to become better, and bringing her family along the way—sometimes kicking and screaming. In this riveting and inspiring first-person story of going from couch potato to nationally ranked triathlete, Mette shares her experience training and racing with her family. She explores how to manage a busy family, how to ignore the things that don't matter, and how to focus on goals that create a stronger you __and__ a stronger family. She shares how racing can be a vacation, how racing with your children strengthens your family bond and how, when you think you've hit your wall, whether in parenthood or during hour twelve in a triathlon, how you can push through and succeed. Part memoir, part manual, and all family, this incredible story of how one mom chose to remake her life and her family will inspire you to achieve greater heights. Au commencement des temps, hommes et animaux vivaient en harmonie, il n'existait pas de différence entre eux. Ours, humain, corbeau, renard, même la neige et la glace, tous possédaient un esprit et une âme. Mais un jour, le rusé corbeau vola le petit de l'Ourse pendant qu'il dormait dans les bras de sa mère. Un chasseur va le recueillir et l'élever comme son enfant. Plusieurs années passèrent et l'enfant se retrouva face aux ours. L'un d'eux le reconnu comme son frère. Le petit garçon devra choisir entre ses deux familles From the personal tragedy of a stillbirth to a first Ironman and beyond, ordinary stay-at-home mom of 5 kids, Mette Ivie Harrison learns life lessons about accepting herself, moving on, pushing to become better, and bringing her family along the way. A former couch potato, computer geek, and mother of five children embarks on a fitness quest and discovers not only her love of fitness and competition but also her love of family. -- from publisher''s description.