Iron Dads : : Managing Family, Work, and Endurance Sport Identities / / Diana Tracy Cohen.

Among the most difficult athletic events a person can attempt, the iron-distance triathlon—a 140.6 mile competition—requires an intense prerace training program. This preparation can be as much as twenty hours per week for a full year leading up to a race. In Iron Dads, Diana Tracy Cohen focuses on...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Critical Issues in Sport and Society
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Physical Description:1 online resource (210 p.) :; 3 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations And Definitions
  • 1. Taking The First Step
  • 2. Inside Triathlon Culture
  • 3. To Tri Or Not To Try
  • 4. The Juggling Act
  • 5. Why Class Matters
  • 6. Faith Meets 140.6
  • 7. Th Rowing In The Towel
  • 8. The Road Ahead
  • Appendix: Methodological Reflections
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About The Author