Author: Jessie Diggins
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452962006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America’s heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of glitter Pyeongchang, February 21, 2018. In the nerve-racking final seconds of the women’s team sprint freestyle race, Jessie Diggins dug deep. Blowing past two of the best sprinters in the world, she stretched her ski boot across the finish line and lunged straight into Olympic immortality: the first ever cross-country skiing gold medal for the United States at the Winter Games. The 26-year-old Diggins, a four-time World Championship medalist, was literally a world away from the small town of Afton, Minnesota, where she first strapped on skis. Yet, for all her history-making achievements, she had never strayed far from the scrappy 12-year-old who had insisted on portaging her own canoe through the wilderness, yelling happily under the unwieldy weight on her shoulders: “Look! I’m doing it!” In Brave Enough, Jessie Diggins reveals the true story of her journey from the American Midwest into sports history. With candid charm and characteristic grit, she connects the dots from her free-spirited upbringing in the woods of Minnesota to racing in the bright spotlights of the Olympics. Going far beyond stories of races and ribbons, she describes the challenges and frustrations of becoming a serious athlete; learning how to push through and beyond physical and psychological limits; and the intense pressure of competing at the highest levels. She openly shares her harrowing struggle with bulimia, recounting both the adversity and how she healed from it in order to bring hope and understanding to others experiencing eating disorders. Between thrilling accounts of moments of triumph, Diggins shows the determination it takes to get there—the struggles and disappointments, the fun and the hard work, and the importance of listening to that small, fierce voice: I can do it. I am brave enough.
Brave Enough
Author: Jessie Diggins
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452962006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America’s heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of glitter Pyeongchang, February 21, 2018. In the nerve-racking final seconds of the women’s team sprint freestyle race, Jessie Diggins dug deep. Blowing past two of the best sprinters in the world, she stretched her ski boot across the finish line and lunged straight into Olympic immortality: the first ever cross-country skiing gold medal for the United States at the Winter Games. The 26-year-old Diggins, a four-time World Championship medalist, was literally a world away from the small town of Afton, Minnesota, where she first strapped on skis. Yet, for all her history-making achievements, she had never strayed far from the scrappy 12-year-old who had insisted on portaging her own canoe through the wilderness, yelling happily under the unwieldy weight on her shoulders: “Look! I’m doing it!” In Brave Enough, Jessie Diggins reveals the true story of her journey from the American Midwest into sports history. With candid charm and characteristic grit, she connects the dots from her free-spirited upbringing in the woods of Minnesota to racing in the bright spotlights of the Olympics. Going far beyond stories of races and ribbons, she describes the challenges and frustrations of becoming a serious athlete; learning how to push through and beyond physical and psychological limits; and the intense pressure of competing at the highest levels. She openly shares her harrowing struggle with bulimia, recounting both the adversity and how she healed from it in order to bring hope and understanding to others experiencing eating disorders. Between thrilling accounts of moments of triumph, Diggins shows the determination it takes to get there—the struggles and disappointments, the fun and the hard work, and the importance of listening to that small, fierce voice: I can do it. I am brave enough.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452962006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America’s heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of glitter Pyeongchang, February 21, 2018. In the nerve-racking final seconds of the women’s team sprint freestyle race, Jessie Diggins dug deep. Blowing past two of the best sprinters in the world, she stretched her ski boot across the finish line and lunged straight into Olympic immortality: the first ever cross-country skiing gold medal for the United States at the Winter Games. The 26-year-old Diggins, a four-time World Championship medalist, was literally a world away from the small town of Afton, Minnesota, where she first strapped on skis. Yet, for all her history-making achievements, she had never strayed far from the scrappy 12-year-old who had insisted on portaging her own canoe through the wilderness, yelling happily under the unwieldy weight on her shoulders: “Look! I’m doing it!” In Brave Enough, Jessie Diggins reveals the true story of her journey from the American Midwest into sports history. With candid charm and characteristic grit, she connects the dots from her free-spirited upbringing in the woods of Minnesota to racing in the bright spotlights of the Olympics. Going far beyond stories of races and ribbons, she describes the challenges and frustrations of becoming a serious athlete; learning how to push through and beyond physical and psychological limits; and the intense pressure of competing at the highest levels. She openly shares her harrowing struggle with bulimia, recounting both the adversity and how she healed from it in order to bring hope and understanding to others experiencing eating disorders. Between thrilling accounts of moments of triumph, Diggins shows the determination it takes to get there—the struggles and disappointments, the fun and the hard work, and the importance of listening to that small, fierce voice: I can do it. I am brave enough.
A Winter in the St. Croix Valley
Author: George Nelson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258666019
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The Narrative Appeared In Installments In The March, June, And September, 1947, Issues Of Minnesota History.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258666019
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The Narrative Appeared In Installments In The March, June, And September, 1947, Issues Of Minnesota History.
The Historic St. Croix Valley
Author: Deborah Morse-Kahn
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 9780873517744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Looking for a new perspective on your favorite weekend getaway? Travel back through time with this historical tour of the beautiful St. Croix River.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 9780873517744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Looking for a new perspective on your favorite weekend getaway? Travel back through time with this historical tour of the beautiful St. Croix River.
The St. Croix
Author: James Taylor Dunn
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873511414
Category : Saint Croix River (Wis. and Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Story of the waters that divide Wisconsin and Minnesota, from the days of the Sioux and Chippewas to their contemporary status as a "wild" preserved vacationland.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873511414
Category : Saint Croix River (Wis. and Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Story of the waters that divide Wisconsin and Minnesota, from the days of the Sioux and Chippewas to their contemporary status as a "wild" preserved vacationland.
History of the Saint Croix Valley
Author: Augustus B. Easton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Croix River Valley (Wis. and Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Croix River Valley (Wis. and Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Saving the Saint Croix
Author: Theodore J. Karamanski
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (Wis. and Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (Wis. and Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1490
Book Description
History of Duluth and St. Louis County, Past and Present
Author: Dwight Edwards Woodbridge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Duluth (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Duluth (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description