Iron Hope
Lessons Learned from Conquering the Impossible
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‘Iron Hope proves that with a little direction, we can all develop the mental toughness to accomplish anything we set our mind to. This is essential reading for anybody with goals – not just athletes’ – Cameron Hanes, New York Times bestselling author of Endure
The ultimate guide to mental toughness by James ‘Iron Cowboy’ Lawrence – the greatest endurance athlete in human history.
In 2015, Lawrence set his third Guinness World Record by completing fifty full-distance triathlons in fifty states in fifty consecutive days – a 2.4 mile swim, 112 miles on a bike, then a 26.2 mile run, all in under seventeen hours each day. Pushing himself further, in 2021 at the age of forty-five he set out to complete one hundred triathlons in one hundred days - a challenge so difficult that he wondered if he would survive it. By persevering, he hoped to inspire people to do the same for whatever difficulties they may be going through.
Lawrence has subjected his body to exhaustive physical testing, to every genetic analysis known to science. The stunning discovery is that, physically, he is unspecial in every way. The secret to his bulletproof body is his bulletproof mentality.
Vividly describing how how he got through the 100 triathlons, and including practical advice for achieving your goals, in this life-changing book he reveals how to:
Say yes to opportunitiesDevelop confidenceOvercome obstacles holding you backForge an iron will by making and keeping small promisesFoster hope and resilience
Page by page, point by point, Iron Hope shows you how to reach for your dreams, whatever they are and accomplish big things.
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Triathlete Lawrence debuts with a gritty compendium of insights into perseverance and willpower gleaned from completing 100 Ironmans in 100 consecutive days. Setting himself the challenge during the Covid-19 pandemic in a bid to inspire others, Lawrence battled brutal conditions, immense pain ("Several toenails have blackened and fallen off. My mouth is full of thrush. My lips are frozen and blistered, cracked and bleeding"), and the impulse to give up after crashes and injuries. He offers plenty of helpful takeaways (get comfortable with bad beginnings; use positive self-talk to starve negative voices of power) but attributes his "bulletproof mentality" mostly to "making and keeping small promises" to himself in order to build confidence. Lawrence's candid disclosures about his highs and lows fascinate, even if some of his advice will strike the average reader as overzealous (doing "just one more rep" to "break through the barrier that has been holding you back" feels manageable in a way that embracing pain even when doing so "defies logic" does not). Still, those seeking a road map for tackling their next major challenge will find this worth a look.
