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See How She Runs: Marion Jones and the Making of a Champion

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This is a really good book about Marion Jones, the athlete who is trying to win five gold medals at the Olympics in Sydney. It is written in a fun way, and things aren't really slow for long periods. I am a track athlete, so I understand and can relate to the 200 meters, 100 meters and long jump (these are the events that she competes in). I think that it would be more enjoyable reading this book if you are famillar with track things. This book also covers her basketball career and when she was younger. I am a big femenist and I like to read about women who have changed a lot in sports, and this book informed me more about a great star.

Well I'm a Track and Field guy so I was interested a few years back to read the story of one of America's premiere female athletes who happened to be a legend in southern California high school Track and Basketball. This book provides what won would expect to learn. trials, triumphs background.

The recent revelations don't corrupt this book for the most part but it is sad that she fell so far. It really is a shame.

This book really gives you insight you wouldn't normally read about. The book starts when she was born, and continues up to the 2000 Olympics. Rapoport does an excellent job in writing about Marion. You go through the pain with Marion. I couldn't put the book down.

What a joke, should be titled, "Making of a Cheater"

Now that the facts are out, wasn't it always obvious?

I MANAGE TO READ THIS BOOK WITHIN THREE DAYS I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE HAD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MARION INSTEAD OF THREE PAGES OF HER EARLY YEARS.MOST OF IT WAS JUST FOLLOWING HER MEETS AND BASKETBALL GAMES, I THINK IT NEEDED TO HAVE MORE QUOTES FROM HER. APART FROM THAT I THOUGHT THAT THE BOOK WAS A EXCELLENT READ AND I COULD'NT LEAVE THE ROOM WITHOUT PICKING IT UP AND READING PAGES FROM IT.I BOUGHT THIS BOOK BECAUSE I AM MARION JONES(S) BIGGEST FAN AND I LOVE HER TO BITS SO I WOULD ADVISE ANYONE TO BUY THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT GIVE YOU A GREAT INSIGHT TO HER LIFE IF YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT HER.

Marion Jones was a good kid she grow up with a loving family and didn't get in to trouble often well she never did. Marion was a good student and would all way do her homework when she got home from school.
Marion Jones and her struggles with life and her accomplishments in the life. She had some hard ones and some that she will remember for the rest of her life. At the age of 5 she was all ways a good student in school. She would get A's all the time I think there was onetime that she had a b in one of her classes but other than that was it. In little leage she was beating evey body that she was running a genst was getting beat. She was really fast at that age . she was the bst on her tram then and I think that she was the best one on every team that she was on. At the age of 13 she was able to touch the rim at 10 feet. At the age of 14 she was dunking at a regular 10 feet hoop. She would start all of the games that she played. She was a runner in school to but she wasn't that good back then. The kept on practicing every day.
She got a scholarship to play in college to the North Carolina Tar Heels. And she gladly excepted it. She didn't start every game until her 2nd year there and then started to start every game. She was really good at basketball at the time was she playing. She was the best player on the team and there was like 30 people on the team at that point. She was the starter for point gard. That Is the best place to play I think it is any way. Some of the people said that she had the sweetest jump shot of all the player on the team. She only dunk one time at the game but it was during worm up so I didn't count but it was still impressive. It was cool because the people in the crowed was like (WOW)But that game that she had wasn't one of her best games she only got 20 point that night. Her all time heights point in a game was 45 points. So fare that has been the most on that team that any player for girls team had ever got.
She didn't finish college because she got a chance to go running for free with the best instructor so she could run. She all ways wonted to run and now was her chance to do it so she decided to take a chance. So she did and its paying off for her. Latte on she was working with her coach and they started talking and they started go to dinner. Then they started going out to dinner and then after a while he proposed to her. That all i have to say with out giveing the book away.

Marion Jones is one of the Most Important Athletes in Sports over the past Decade She has forever changed what a Athlete can Proclaim as Goals.She had a Great Year at the Olympics.She will only get better with time.this is a Good Solid Book on Her I can't wait to see what Her Next Journey shall be She is Very Talented&Hard Working Person&very Down To Earth.