An inspiring memoir from a world-class athlete whose life took off after she started going downhill In 1994, Marla Streb left her promising career as a biomedical researcher to climb onto a bicycle and hurtle herself down the side of a mountain at speeds topping fifty miles an hour. And at the age of 36, she continues to compete against women ten years younger at the highest levels of her sport-downhill mountain biking. Astonishingly enough, this is not the most intriguing aspect of Marla Streb. Downhill hronicles her life before racing-her training as a classical pianist, bicycling throughout Europe with her companion turned boyfriend Marc, crisscrossing the country in a battered polka-dotted VW bus, and, perhaps the defining moment of her life, the loss of her brother. As she recounts her experiences with humor and grit, Marla Streb reinforces for all readers the need to abandon everything to pursue what you love and to live passionately. Marla Streb competes as a world-class downhill mountain bike racer. Duringher career as a biomedical researcher, she fell in love with cycling. She lives in Cailfornia. continue shopping... |
