Published by Faber & Faber, a new book – Run, Ride, Sink or Swim – is coming out next month. Written by fitness, travel and wellbeing journalist, Lucy Fry, the book tackles ‘a year in the exhilarating and addictive world of women’s triathlon’.
The release for Run, Ride, Sink or Swim sets the tone for this exploration of the fast-growing world of female tri…
Days of staring at triathlon websites have left me feeling overwhelmed, sick and strangely angry. Why is there so much information out there? Where do I start? And how do I know who to trust? Most of all, why did anybody think it would be a good idea to put three different sports into one and make it a whole new sport of its own? Whoever it was, they must have been really, really bored.
At the age of thirty-one, Lucy Fry was pretty certain she knew her limits: triathlon was not for her. But as increasing numbers of her female friends continued to sign up to tri, Lucy couldn’t help wondering: what was it about this exhausting pursuit that women seemed to find so magical, so transformative? The time had come to find out.
Over one year, five triathlons and hundreds of training hours, Lucy uncovers the ins and outs of women’s triathlon: how to wear a sports bra under a wetsuit, the competition and camaraderie, whether getting over ‘jelly legs’ makes you a more resilient human being – and finds that maybe she doesn’t know her limits after all…
Funny, warm and engaging, Run, Ride, Sink or Swim is for both the tri-curious and the dedicated tri-hard, and for any woman looking for inspiration to make the transition from sofa to start line.
Lucy Fry writes a weekly fitness and wellbeing column for ‘Living’ section of the Sunday Telegraph, previously had a fitness-travel column at Easy Jet Magazine and is currently the travel editor for DIVA. She has written for the Mail on Sunday, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Observer, Times, Evening Standard, Metro, Independent on Sunday, as well as a host of fitness and adventure magazines such as Women’s Health and Escapism.
Lucy is also an experienced and fully qualified Personal Trainer.
www.lucyfry.co.uk
www.faber.co.uk
