Running My Life - The Autobiography
Winning On and Off the Track
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2013
Summary
One second in time may separate the great athlete from the merely good. Seb Coe has made every second count. From an early age he has been driven to be the best at everything he does. Since the moment Coe stood alongside a ‘scrubby’ municipal running track in Sheffield, he knew that sport could change his life. It did. Breaking an incredible twelve world records and three of them in just forty-one days, Seb became the only athlete to take gold at 1500 metres in two successive Olympic Games (M…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444732535 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444732536 |
| Author: | Seb Coe |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 349g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 38mm |
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Critics Review
Fascinating and uplifting… This is a singularly well-written sporting autobiography. - The Sunday Times
In his enjoyable autobiography, Running My Life, Coe goes some way towards dispelling the myths. A combination of Olympic success, allied to political nous, made Coe a perfect candidate to run the campaign for the London Olympics. And what a success he made of it. - The TimesFast-paced, lively and packed with anecdotes. - Daily ExpressA well-timed autobiography from a true British great. - SunRunning My Life is far from the self-congratulatory account one might expect. Charting his rise from a Sheffield secondary modern to double Olympic champion, multiple record-holder, politician and inspirational leader behind the successful Games, he reveals a personality far more amusing and unpretentious than his smooth public image would suggest. - Independent on SundayIt’s a proper autobiography in that it begins at the beginning…Coe’s direct prose drives this engrossing book. - Daily TelegraphAbout The Author
Seb Coe
Sebastian Coe was born in London in 1956 and grew up in Sheffield. As a world record-breaking middle-distance runner, Seb won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles in 1984. He was a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party from 1992-97 and later, Chief of Staff to William Hague. He was created a life peer in 2000 and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to sport in 2006. Seb headed the Organising Committee for the London 2012 Games.
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