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Running My Life - The Autobiography - Winning On and Off the Track (Paperback)
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Running My Life - The Autobiography - Winning On and Off the Track (Paperback)
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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 (Moscow 1980 and Los
Angeles 1984). The same passion galvanised Coe in 2005, when he led
Britain's bid to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Games to London.
He knew that if we won it would regenerate an East London landscape
and change the lives of thousands of young people. It has. Born in
Hammersmith and coached by his engineer father, Coe went from a
secondary modern school and Loughborough University to become the
fastest middle-distance runner of his generation. His rivalry with
Steve Ovett gripped a nation and made Britain feel successful at a
time of widespread social discontent. From sport Coe transferred
his ideals to politics, serving in John Major's Conservative
government from 1992 to 1997 and developing 'sharp elbows' to
become chief of staff to William Hague, leader of the Party from
1997 to 2001 and finally a member of the House of Lords. Running My
Life is in turns exhilarating, inspiring, amusing, and extremely
moving. Everyone knows where Sebastian Coe ended up. Few people
realise how he got there. This is his personal journey.
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