Full Time & Sub-Nine: Fitting Iron Distance Training into Everyday Life [Paperback]

David Glover (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 31, 2006

Full Time & Sub-Nine offers a new outlook on meeting the demands of a vigorous triathlon training schedule while maintaining a "normal" life. It provides useful information for triathletes training at all distances, insight into lessons learned by a successful longtime endurance athtlete and cancer survivor, practical training fundamentals, and methods for dealing with and preventing overtraining.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...Beating cancer and succeeding at Iron distance triathlon are incomprehensible, but Glover gives them details we can all understand." --Jedd Ferris, Senior Editor, Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine

"Informative, inspirational and enjoyable...Highly recommended for the triathlete balancing high demands with a full and responsible life." --Jef Mallet, Triathlete, Creator of "Frazz" comic strip

About the Author

David Glover is a four-time Iron distance champion, five-time USA Triathlon All-American, Naval Academy graduate, former Naval officer, full-time business analyst and full-time cancer survivor.

Product Details

• Paperback: 237 pages
• Publisher: Rainmaker Publishing (May 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976549808
• ISBN-13: 978-0976549802
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,014,032 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Glover was born in Indiana and has lived throughout the US, most recently in Boulder, CO. After graduating from the US Naval Academy, he spent two years as a nuclear submarine officer before hearing these fateful words, "I am sorry, but you have cancer." Following radiation and surgery, David formulated a new goal: finish a triathlon to prove to himself that he had beaten the cancer. Since his first triathlon in 1995, he's now finished 100+ races including 28 Ironman-distance events, winning five of them outright and achieving a personal best time of 8 hr 51 min. His stories about the Navy, cancer, failed relationships and becoming an elite level triathlete are captured in his book: "Full Time and Sub-Nine," published in 2006 by Rainmaker Publishing. That same year, he took a leap of faith and left his corporate cubical to pursue a new career centered around his passion for endurance sports. He now coaches other aspiring athletes, organizes races and writes extensively.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, whether training for triathlons or just life!, November 10, 2006

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R. Ballister "author and naval officer" (Annapolis, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Full Time & Sub-Nine: Fitting Iron Distance Training into Everyday Life (Paperback)

Not being a triathlete or a distance runner, I wasn't sure what to expect when I reviewed David Glover's Full Time and Sub-Nine. Every sub-culture has its own language and expressions, and I was worried that I would be lost and miss the best parts of what David had to offer.

Instead, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself immersed not in a training manual, but in a story about one man's struggle for balance in a life full of promise but also long on adversity. David is an excellent story-teller, and this well written work pulls you in to his life early on, when he wasn't yet a superior athlete at the top of his game, and describes his life's journey from Idaho Falls to the Naval Academy and beyond, including his successful battle with cancer.

The author does an excellent job of relaying what was going through his mind when he was diagnosed with cancer, and how he channeled the frustration at his loss of fitness into a burning desire to complete in Iron distance triathlons, one of the most grueling sports in all of athletics. He also gives a painful glimpse into how his desire to be the best led him to almost obsessive training, resulting in bouts with burnout and two failed personal relationships.

Through all the adversity, David pushes through, becoming a better athlete and a better person after each challenge. Along the way, he gives advice specifically about training for endurance races and generally about finding balance in life. Established triathletes and couch potatoes alike will find his writing style well organized and easy to follow, and for those not in the sport, he teaches you everything you need to know to keep up with the story.

David's resume backs up the technical portions of his book; he's competed in 19 Iron distance triathlons and won four of them. Experienced triathletes and novices will both find important training information they can use. But this book is also a good news story to those facing cancer or similar afflictions, and David's comfortable style makes it an easy read for athlete and patient alike.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Than Fighting Cancer and Winning race!, November 25, 2006

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W. H. McDonald Jr. "The American Author Assoc... (Elk Grove, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Full Time & Sub-Nine: Fitting Iron Distance Training into Everyday Life (Paperback)

Author David Glover's book "Full Time & Sub-Nine: Fitting Iron Distance Training into Everyday Life" is more than just an accounting about physical fitness and Iron man competitions. His battle with cancer also weigh-in on what motivates his life journey. We get a glimpse of him from childhood and his parent's divorce, through his education at the US Naval Academy and onward to submarine duty. Of course, all his career planning is altered when he is discharged because of his cancer.

The reader will get only small pieces of his emotional state between his narratives about the races and his training programs. It is enough, however, that you can see how these races became a much greater focus in his life than even his own personal relationships. It results in break-ups and divorce. There is something inside him that continues to push him. There are personal costs for this passion to race that he may never fully realize until much latter in his life. But Glover comes across as dedicated and driven to achieve success, at least in his physical world.

The book would be a great reading experience for any runners, swimmers or bicyclists but an even better one if you are into Iron Man races. There is a wealth of knowledge about how to prepare emotionally and physically inside these pages. It is interesting to hold your interest even if you are not a runner or into sports. His story is inspiring at times and certainly entertaining.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on triathlons & life challenges, October 19, 2006

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Stephen J. Smith (Williamsburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Full Time & Sub-Nine: Fitting Iron Distance Training into Everyday Life (Paperback)

Very well written book, from how he decided to become a triathlete, how it affected his life, what it took to become a pro, and what he does today. Lots of good detail on races, training philosophy and what it takes to win at both cancer and athletics.