Swim, Ride, Run, Breathe | How I Lost a Triathlon and Caught My Breath (Brownell)

Swim, Ride, Run, Breathe | How I Lost a Triathlon and Caught My Breath (Brownell)

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Praise for Swim, Ride, Run, Breathe

"This is not an inspirational tale about cheerfully conquering adversity. It is a funny, heartbreaking and wise story about telling the truth in all its messy beauty and learning to love it. It's about finding grace and gratitude in the ordinary and extraordinary details of life and memory. It's wonderful and hopeful. I loved it."

—Debbie Blue, author of From Stone to Living Word and Consider the Birds

"Jennifer Garrison Brownell writes with vulnerability, courage, and humor. Swim, Ride, Run, Breathe is a brave and beautiful first book."
Jaimal Yogis, author of The Fear Project and Saltwater Buddha

About Swim, Ride, Run, Breathe

One winter, Jennifer Garrison Brownell, a mid-life pastor, wife of a seriously disabled man, and dedicated non-athlete, decided almost on a whim to train for and run a sprint triathlon. In the process, she was surprised to discover that her spirit was as transformed as her body. With humor and without sentimentality, Brownell keeps breathing as she reflects on marriage and swim goggles; motherhood and bicycle repair; disabilities and running shoes.

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About the Author

Jennifer Garrison Brownell is a United Church of Christ minister and the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of ministers and missionaries. She has worked in a food cooperative, a museum, a school, an indy record label, and even some churches. The book, A Million Visions of Peace: Wisdom from the Friends of Old Turtle, which she co-edited, was a Children’s Choice Award from the Children’s Book Council of New York. 

Paperback: 168 pages (6" x 9" in.)
ISBN 978-0-8298-2023-2
2015