In a Single Bound - Losing My Leg, Finding Myself, and Training for Life (Paperback)

NOW IN PAPERBACK An inspiring memoir of courage, spirit, and determination "A must-read for disabled readers seeking inspiration for their dreams, and will hold the interest--and crush the excuses - of those training for marathons and triathlons.""--Kirkus Reviews" Sarah Reinertsen was born with a congenital birth defect. At the age of seven, her leg was amputated.
At the age of thirteen, she broke the 100-meter world record for female above-the-knee amputees. At the age of thirty, she became the first female leg-amputee to complete the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii. A year later, in CBS's reality television show "The Amazing Race 10," she scaled the Great Wall of China. This book tells her story. Touching, funny, and honest, "In a Single Bound" is the story of how a feisty little girl from Long Island became one of the world's most famous disabled sports figures. But it is also a gripping memoir of inner strength, about a one-legged child trying to fit in with her two-legged friends--about a woman who dared to fear less and live more.