*****  Worth considering for any coach or father of an athletic child, highly recommended, July 12, 2011
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)

This review is for: It's Not About Winning (Perfect Paperback)
Victory is sweet, but sweetness alone isn't enough to call sustenance. "It's Not About Winning: One Runner's Reflections on Fatherhood, Coaching, and Athletics" is a combination of memoir and coaching guide as he recalls his status as a coach to many young athletes as well as a father, two jobs similar in that they call for imparting good values and ethics. With a certain and direct assortment of values for fatherhood and sports leadership, "It's Not About Winning" is worth considering for any coach or father of an athletic child, highly recommended.

Daniel Lee is an avid cyclist, bike-racing fan, and journalist who is finishing an engaging tale which gives a sneak peek at tomorrow’s Tour de France stars – hot prospects including Taylor Phinney, Daniel Holloway, Chris Butler, Benjamin King, Cole House, Ian Boswell and Lawson Craddock. The book also includes interviews with current pros Tyler Farrar and Garmin-Transitions teammate Svein Tuft of Canada as well as Jackson Stewart, Chad Beyer and John Murphy, young Americans on Team BMC.

Daniel will be working with another publisher but we will be watching for the book.  It will give you an inside look at what it takes to make it as a pro cyclist. Based on what we've read, we think that if your a cyclist or cycling fan, you'll love it.  Go Daniel. The le maillot jaune awaits.

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I just read the new release of John L Parker's classic tale, Once A Runner.  I'd heard about it for years but never got into it.  Once I started the book a few days ago, it was hard to put down -- sort of the type of book where you savor what's left and really don't want to finish it.  I read the last few chapters last night and felt like I'd been part of the mile race that ends the book.

 This is pretty much a book for runners -- and as one, it's easy to see why it is such a cult item.  He nails the emotions, the elite running life, and the drive of the best in this wonderful novel.  It's funny, bittersweet, and the race descriptions can get your heart rate going. 

The book was first self-published in 1978 and sold out of the trunks of cars at races for years.  It's a classic novel about running and I'm glad that it has been published once again.  It's one of those books that any runner -- casual to elite, should read.  You'll love it.

The Fall issue of Vermont Life has a nice review of Heidi Hill's Fit Family. 

The article says in part ...."Not only does her book encourage parents to stay active through the hectic child-rearing years, she recommends the benefits of exercising as a family for the kids, too, since it helps them learn healthy lifestyles at an early age and avoid childhood obesity, a major health problem..... Perhaps most helpful of all is Hill's positive, can-do attitude. Plan, be flexible but be sure to get out and exercise is her advice. Her book will help parents find feasible and creative ways of getting and staying healthy."

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