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04980aam a22004458i 4500 001 C3DC1618515D11EF936FFB115CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240803010057 008 240109s2024 nyua b 000 0aeng 010 $a 2023056263 020 $a 0593599705 020 $a 9780593599709 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GV481.2 $b .B68 2024 082 00 $a 613.701/9 $2 23/eng/20240124 100 1 $a Bounds, Wendy, $e author. $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBG7pPPt8XmdjpqQPgKbd. 245 10 $a Not too late : $b the power of pushing limits at any age / $c Gwendolyn Bounds ; illustrations by Peter Sucheski. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2406. 264 1 $a New York : $b Ballantine Books, $c [2024] 300 $a x, 308 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Introduction: I should not be here -- Part One. When you grow up -- sitting and screens -- The obstacle: Walls (commitment) -- Stuck in the chorus -- Path to a bridge (and superpower) -- The obstacle: Burpees (personal accountability) -- Fragile first notes -- Be content to appear foolish -- The obstacle: Heavy carries (willpower) -- The power of firsts -- Part Two. Coming from behind -- Don't let your crop die -- The obstacle: rolling mud and the slip wall (fear) -- What's on the other side of fear? -- The obstacle: Monkey bars (adaptability) -- Learn, unlearn, relearn -- Dips and turning points -- Edges and equalizers -- The obstacle: spear throw (take nothing for granted) -- Don't forget the previous verse -- Do what you can, when you can, while you can -- The obstacle: cargo nets (perspective) -- Age is a secret weapon -- Part Three. When there's no bell to ring -- The obstacle: tyrolean traverse (faith) -- Finding flow at fifty -- The final stretch -- The obstacle: fire jump (endings & beginnings) You'll know at the finish line -- Epilogue: a new verse -- Acknowledgments -- Sources and notes. 520 $a "An award-winning journalist tells the inspiring story of her unlikely midlife journey to master the daunting sport of obstacle course racing--a powerful, science-based account of the change possible at any age when we push limits. In her mid-forties, Gwendolyn Bounds attended a dinner party where someone asked a little girl: 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' It struck Bounds: in middle age, no one asks you that anymore. So, she put the question to herself. The answer set her on an unexpected path of transformation from an unathletic office executive glued to her screens into a competitive age group medalist and world championship competitor in obstacle racing-a demanding military-style sport requiring speed, endurance, mobility and strength. What began as a simple goal to complete a single race grew into a profound five-year quest to reconcile the realities of growing older. In Not Too Late, Bounds explores how tackling something new and hard upended her expectations for middle age--while also helping the author reconcile regrets of her youth. Her story takes us from playgrounds and gyms where Bounds relearns childhood movements (swinging from monkey bars, climbing a rope) to far-flung Spartan Race courses where she masters running in difficult terrain and conquering challenges such as scaling tall walls, crawling under barbed wire, and carrying heavy loads of rocks up mountains. Through this equally beautiful and brutal sport, Bounds discovers potent tools to combat the mental and physical risks of aging as she makes her way from newbie to the podium. Bounds' journey offers inspiration and a roadmap for anyone craving more out of life. Woven through Not Too Late are insights from scientists, longevity doctors, philosophers, elite athletes, and performance experts on how to reimagine our limits and redefine who we think we are. Through Bounds' story, as she changes her body and mindset, we learn humans' potential to tap inner reserves, face deep-rooted fears, locate intrinsic motivation, and push the boundaries of what we ask of ourselves at any life stage. Ultimately, one message prevails: When unleashing our full potential, age can be a secret weapon"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Bounds, Wendy. 650 0 $a Physical fitness $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a Exercise for middle-aged persons. 650 0 $a Obstacle racing. 650 0 $a Midlife crisis. 650 0 $a Self-actualization (Psychology) 650 0 $a Women journalists $z United States $v Biography. 655 0 $a autobiographies (literary works) 655 7 $a autobiographies (literary works) $2 aat $0 (CStmoGRI)aatgf300080104. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft. 700 1 $a Sucheski, Peter, $e illustrator. $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjtk47FcMpKBKVcFJbhTH3. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240803010351.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C3DC1618515D11EF936FFB115CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search