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Iron Cowboy is an endurance memoir in the tradition of Dean Karnazes’s Ultramarathon Man—a lifetime’s worth of intensely lived experience packed into twenty riveting chapters. Readers will discover the secret to redefining their own goals and achieving great success. When James Lawrence (aka the Iron Cowboy) announced his plan to complete 50 Full Distance Triathlons in 50 consecutive days in all 50 states, the only person who believed that he could pull it off was James himself (and his wife, Sunny). An Ironman consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile run. In Lawrence’s case, he would have to complete those distances and then make it to the next state in time to do it all over again the next day. Even Lawrence’s coach didn’t think he could do it; he penciled in another event the day Lawrence was supposed to complete the challenge. But with the support of Sunny and their five children in tow, and with grassroots support conjured always at the last minute via Facebook, Lawrence accomplished exactly what he set out to do. Iron Cowboy is the story of Lawrence’s herculean 50-day journey and all the wonderful, miserable, and life-threatening events that happened along the way, as well as a glance at his life leading up to the mission, and winning two prior world records. Lawrence holds two world records in the Guinness Book of World Records one for completing 22 half-Ironmans in one year (2010) and one for completing 30 full Ironmans in one year (2012). In 2015, he set a record for completing 50 Ironman distances in 50 states in 50 days. Through social media and press, Lawrence was able to find fans in each state—anywhere from 3 to 500 people—to complete some of the Ironman alongside him, and supporters were invited to join him for the Iron Cowboy 5k (the last 3.1 miles of James’s marathon); for his last Ironman in his home state of Utah, more than 3,500 people showed up. Along the way, Lawrence survived tropical storms, internal bleeding, hypothermia, hyperthermia, dehydration, nerve damage, infected foot blisters, a blood-clot scare, extreme sleep deprivation (he only got four to five hours of sleep each night), and a bike crash!
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"In this insightful, introspective, and utterly inspiring book, the Iron Cowboy takes us along with him as he ventures to the far reaches of human physiological potential. When I exercise now, and feel like stopping because of pain or exhaustion, I think of the feats I vicariously experienced through reading this book, and I persist.
Epic read; highly recommended."
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Iron Cowboy Redefine Impossible James Lawrence 9780998718811 Books Reviews
- I came to this book after watching an interview with Tom Bilyeu. I think I spent 2 months reading it. Not a slow reader but didn’t stay super engaged throughout. I drew a lot from James’ story and I pushed myself to finish...because I finish books. I think I wanted the book to draw me through a little more. All things considered, I’m glad I took the time to read James’ story and learn about his journey. I made many notes and I encourage you to consider reading this book. It may take some work to get to the end but you’ll be glad you did.
- I met James Lawrence on a charity bike ride last July - a year before reading this book. I was impressed by his world record, and even moreso by the man. He was one interesting dude. No swagger. No pretence. No BS. Strikingly humble. We discussed family, life, bike rides and - of course - the 50/50/50. We were on a bluff overlooking the Big Sur Coast refueling on sandwiches and fruit. I was a complete stranger - a nobody. Just one of a bunch of riders doing a Santa Cruz to Laguna ride to fight child trafficking.
Meeting the Iron Cowboy had a lasting affect on me. I spent the next few months ruminating about what should be my own personal challenge. (James has that effect on you). For me, it sure wasn't triathlons. I wondered how to put the James Lawrence philosophy to work in MY life. It came to me as I was two weeks into a hike in the Alps. I wanted a daunting challenge and James’ exploits confirmed to me that anything is possible. That challenge came in the form of becoming fluent in a foreign language. Once I settled on a goal of language, I decided to take on the hardest language challenge I could think of Mandarin Chinese. In October of 2016 I knew almost nothing about Asia, China or Mandarin. Heck, all of my ancestors are from Western Europe. But suddenly, thanks to James, I knew if I believed I could, I could. Eleven months later I can say 这是我å¦ä¹ 普通è¯çš„地330天（This is the 330th day of my study of Mandarin). More importantly, I will be understood by most native Chinese speakers when I say it. In Iron Cowboy terms, I’m about 5 days into my own personal 50/50/50. And there’s no way I’m giving up before I achieve fluency.
BTW, I just finished reading the book. It didn't disappoint on any level. It's real, straight forward, unpolished and amazing. There’s no sugar coating of the kind of grit and sacrifice, courage and determination it took to achieve the 50/50/50 record. Enjoy the book! - It was ok. Basically one man looking for how much his body can endure. Actually it was boring. Title should instead be... My daily diary of suffering. Intro and ending were the only parts worthwhile. I understand what the author/athlete is doing but the title is very misleading.
- This book is awesome! I found it very inspiring, and compelling. I love that format & how he tells his story, in his words, and doesn’t sugar coat the reality of the experience or use fancy thesaurus words, just straight talk about this journey. I have started my own goals, and follow him on instagram perhaps someday I will be able to be as inspirational to 1 person as he is to me. Cowboy Up, read this book!!
- In this insightful, introspective, and utterly inspiring book, the Iron Cowboy takes us along with him as he ventures to the far reaches of human physiological potential. When I exercise now, and feel like stopping because of pain or exhaustion, I think of the feats I vicariously experienced through reading this book, and I persist.
Epic read; highly recommended. - When you thought you had given it your all, this book shows you what giving it your all looks like.
- I still have a hard time processing this incredible accomplishment. James' herculean journey inspires me to think bigger than I have ever thought before!
- Mixed feelings about this book. On the positive side, it is fairly well written and organized. It's also quite intriguing to read about the physical aspect and how badly the author's body was trashed. I'm a triathlete myself and can't contemplate doing even 5 Ironmans back to back, let alone 50. I did however find James Lawrence to be very hard to respect as a person and I found myself liking him less and less as the book went on. To me he came across as a very self absorbed, egotistical guy who is desperate for attention and thinks the world should revolve around him, yet really is just flaky and immature. I would have liked him more if he just engaged in the whole venture to test his own limits instead of coming up with some tenuous charity link to justify it. He seemed to treat almost everyone on his team like crap despite numerous people making huge sacrifices and indulging his every whim. His wife seemed like a saint for putting up with him. The fact that all these people were willing to help him must indicate that he is a decent enough guy normally, but he really seemed like a jerk throughout the book. Ultimately, it made the book less enjoyable.
