Do Tough
What Race Across America and My Sister's Brain Cancer Taught Me about Endurance and How to Do Hard Things
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Do Tough
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Maria Parker
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About this listen
When she was nine years old, her gym teacher gave a fitting nickname to a slow and uncoordinated little girl: jelly bean. In this candid and uplifting memoir, ultra athlete Maria Parker chronicles her swanlike transformation from unathletic jelly bean to elite endurance cyclist.
Parker also examines the connection between the unchosen suffering of losing her sister and best friend, Jenny, to brain cancer and the chosen suffering of taking on an extreme athletic event. Interspersed with the heart-pumping story of her unlikely win of the 2013 Race Across America (RAAM), the world's toughest bicycle race, the reader will find:
- Details of the founding of Cruzbike, the world's top recumbent bicycle company
- Road-tested insights on habit-formation, team-building, leadership, and visualization
- Full-color photos throughout, featuring Parker's family and friends as well as key moments from RAAM
Advance Praise for Do Tough:
"Do Tough is a moving, motivating montage of love, tragedy and triumph!" —Matthew Thompson
"Maria Parker has delicately woven two of the toughest challenges in her life into an inspiring and tender story. This is much more than a feel-good/tear jerking/true-grit story: It's an easy to read, step-by-step tutorial of how to develop the necessary traits and life skills to be successful at whatever you do, tough or not!" —Larry Oslund, Ultra Cycling World Record Holder
"Do Tough reads in an honest, conversational voice - soft but with force. The ups and downs of cancer, motherhood, endurance racing, faith, and other personal challenges are in full review. Honor yourself, and the message of Do Tough, and go read this book." —Lief Zimmerman Assistant Crew Chief, 2017 RAAM
"This beautiful, interwoven story about challenge, grief, and support is simultaneously heartbreaking and inspiring. More than any book I’ve read in recent years, it made me think about who I am, who I want to be, and how to get there. Through beautiful and difficult stories, Maria outlines her tools for navigating existing challenges and new roles and, in doing so, will inspire you to maximize every moment of your life."—Emily Goetz
"Do Tough provides practical advice and strategies on how to overcome difficult obstacles, both big and small, chosen and unchosen. Parker's personal stories of overcoming adversity are inspiring and motivating. The lessons taught in Do Tough helped me immeasurably when my daughter was in the NICU for her first month of life - in a deep pit, just keep looking ahead to the next small milestone." —Carly Redfearn RAAM Crew 2013
"During and since the 2013 RAAM ride, I have witnessed first hand how Maria lives and does tough. By telling her story, she gives her readers concrete, real world ways to do difficult and astounding things, whether they are chosen trials or dealing with unchosen suffering. Maria has dealt with incredible loss, built a first class business and completed astonishing athletic challenges. In these pages you’ll find the blueprint to enable you to as well." —Jim Chickos Lead Navigator, RAAM 2013