130,000 miles - Softcover

Fernandez - Toti, Monica; Scott, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1514290944 ISBN 13: 9781514290941

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Monica Fernandez – Tenacious, persistent, relentless, funny and vulnerable! How can a World Champion be vulnerable? Vulnerability comes in many forms from internalized thoughts to your choices in life. Monica’s life spectrum has magical highs and incomprehensible lows. Her uniqueness lies in her unflappable resiliency and this trait is the cornerstone of her character. Monica shares her “struggles and commitment” in her book and the relentless pursuit to never give up. 130,000 Miles is not an athletic book about conquest - but a book about life. She shares her amazing epic journey with life lessons for everyone. Dave Scott 6 time Ironman World Champion

About this title

About the Author:

Monica Fernandez was born in Guatemala. The youngest of 6 children. Her parents died from long cancer when she was 10 years old. She lived in 17 different houses. Rebellious, at age 16 she became a smoker herself up to 2 packs a day!!! She started to swim at age 22 to help her lungs. Ended up quitting and doing triathlons, found her passion in the sport. After many sprint and olympic size triathlons, she decided to try for an Ironman. She became the first Guatemalan woman to participate and finish an Ironman in Hawaii. She wanted to find more challenge and longer distances. She signs up for the Ultraman (a 3 day triathlon that circumnavigates Kona, the big island of Hawaii. She became 2 time Ultraman World Champion and then went to Ultraruning. She has participated in 3 of National Geographic's top ten world's toughest races: Marathon des Sables, Badwater and Furnace creek 508. She lives in Guatemala, has two boys, and works teaching Baby Survival Swim, to babies and toddlers, stroke school for older children. She loves influencing change through public speaking and motivating people to realise and accomplish their dreams.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1514290944
• ISBN 13: 9781514290941
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244
• Illustrator: Fernandez Monica