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Life Outside the Oval Office: The Track Less Traveled Hardcover – October 14, 2014
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About the Author
Nick Symmonds is a professional athlete and a 2008 and 2012 Olympian for the US. He was also a world championship silver medalist in 2013, and an Olympic finalist in 2012. He is the third fastest American ever at 800 meters, a three-time world championship finalist, five-time USA Outdoor Champion at 800 meters, seven-time NCAA Champion (Willamette University), and nine-time state champion (Idaho/Bishop Kelly High School, Boise). When Nick is not running he can be found climbing mountains and fishing in the Pacific Northwest.
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Writing About Running
on October 9, 2014
1. It’s honest
If you’ve read any of Symmonds blog entries over at Runner’s World, you know the voice he writes in. It’s very similar to how he speaks publicly. Symmonds is always a great interview in the mixed zone and the book reads like that. Wide open. You will learn about him and his inner thoughts. He doesn’t sugar coat it. He speaks of everything from his partying in college when he was injured, and with his Oregon Track Club Elite team members in his mid-twenties. Nothing is off the table, which is refreshing.
2. He names names… sort of
Symmonds has an obvious bone to pick with his former college coach at Willamette and the schools overall lack of handling of his bridge from collegiate to professional running. He mentions a few people from USATF, as well as a prominent ex-girlfriend, but he doesn’t say their names (aside from a good dig at the recently-entangled Jon Drumond). A little research by the reader should give you all the answers you want, but don’t expect a running version of Jose Canseco’s “Juiced.”
3. Note to collegians looking to turn pro: Get your shoe deal before picking your coach
One thing Symmonds has done exceptionally well is marketing himself and turning fast times and personality into dollars. He does admit his biggest blunder was likely making public his intention to be coached by Frank Gagliano, who was at the time, the coach of Oregon Track Club Elite. This more or less pigeonholed him into the Nike camp and they were able to get him for far less than he was likely worth. He righted this wrong at the end of 2013 when he opted to go with Brooks, instead of staying with Nike, and his former coach, Mark Rowland.Read more ›
If you’ve read any of Symmonds blog entries over at Runner’s World, you know the voice he writes in. It’s very similar to how he speaks publicly. Symmonds is always a great interview in the mixed zone and the book reads like that. Wide open. You will learn about him and his inner thoughts. He doesn’t sugar coat it. He speaks of everything from his partying in college when he was injured, and with his Oregon Track Club Elite team members in his mid-twenties. Nothing is off the table, which is refreshing.
2. He names names… sort of
Symmonds has an obvious bone to pick with his former college coach at Willamette and the schools overall lack of handling of his bridge from collegiate to professional running. He mentions a few people from USATF, as well as a prominent ex-girlfriend, but he doesn’t say their names (aside from a good dig at the recently-entangled Jon Drumond). A little research by the reader should give you all the answers you want, but don’t expect a running version of Jose Canseco’s “Juiced.”
3. Note to collegians looking to turn pro: Get your shoe deal before picking your coach
One thing Symmonds has done exceptionally well is marketing himself and turning fast times and personality into dollars. He does admit his biggest blunder was likely making public his intention to be coached by Frank Gagliano, who was at the time, the coach of Oregon Track Club Elite. This more or less pigeonholed him into the Nike camp and they were able to get him for far less than he was likely worth. He righted this wrong at the end of 2013 when he opted to go with Brooks, instead of staying with Nike, and his former coach, Mark Rowland.Read more ›
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