Not Dead Yet by Phil Southerland
Part memoir, part sports adventure, Not Dead Yet tells the inspirational story of Phil Southerland''s battle with Type 1 diabetes and how from diagnosis to sheer determination, he beat all odds and turned his diagnosis and his passion for cycling into a platform.
From leading a Race Across America to managing a world-class cycling program, Southerland''s journey on and off the bike has helped changed the way the world views diabetes.
When Phil Southerland was seven-months-old, he lost ten pounds in a week, his body was limp and his breathing slowed to what his mother called a "death rattle." Rushing him to the ER, she was informed that tiny Phil displayed the youngest case of diabetes on record in the world at that time.
Blindness, kidney failure and death were all predicted for him by age twenty-five. Decades later, not only is Phil alive and well but as the founder of Team Type 1, he and his team of championship cyclists -- many of them diabetics--have become health and fitness role models for people the world over.
Together, they took on some of the most challenging endurance events in the world, including winning the Race Across America--a grueling 3,000-mile endurance competition--twice. Today, Phil continues to lead Team Type 1 as CEO.
Not Dead Yet is Phil''s powerful story: his account of his relationship with his mother, and how she struggled to keep him alive; growing up quickly in the New-Old South of the 1990s, learning at the tender age of 6 years old how to check his glucose and give himself injections; of how he fulfilled his dream of becoming a professional athlete using his team and the bike as a platform, inspiring thousands of individuals and families around the world who are battling diabetes to not just chase, but catch, their dreams.
Together, they took on some of the most challenging endurance events in the world, including winning the Race Across America--a grueling 3,000-mile endurance competition--twice. Today, Phil continues to lead Team Type 1 as CEO.
Not Dead Yet is Phil''s powerful story: his account of his relationship with his mother, and how she struggled to keep him alive; growing up quickly in the New-Old South of the 1990s, learning at the tender age of 6 years old how to check his glucose and give himself injections; of how he fulfilled his dream of becoming a professional athlete using his team and the bike as a platform, inspiring thousands of individuals and families around the world who are battling diabetes to not just chase, but catch, their dreams.fitness role models for people the world over.
Together, they took on some of the most challenging endurance events in the world, including winning the Race Across America--a grueling 3,000-mile endurance competition--twice. Today, Phil continues to lead Team Type 1 as CEO.
Not Dead Yet is Phil''s powerful story: his account of his relationship with his mother, and how she struggled to keep him alive; growing up quickly in the New-Old South of the 1990s, learning at the tender age of 6 years old how to check his glucose and give himself injections; of how he fulfilled his dream of becoming a professional athlete using his team and the bike as a platform, inspiring thousands of individuals and families around the world who are battling diabetes to not just chase, but catch, their dreams.fitness role models for people the world over.
Together, they took on some of the most challenging endurance events in the world, including winning the Race Across America--a grueling 3,000-mile endurance competition--twice. Today, Phil continues to lead Team Type 1 as CEO.
Not Dead Yet is Phil''s powerful story: his account of his relationship with his mother, and how she struggled to keep him alive; growing up quickly in the New-Old South of the 1990s, learning at the tender age of 6 years old how to check his glucose and give himself injections; of how he fulfilled his dream of becoming a professional athlete using his team and the bike as a platform, inspiring thousands of individuals and families around the world who are battling diabetes to not just chase, but catch, their dreams.endurance competition--twice. Today, Phil continues to lead Team Type 1 as CEO.
Not Dead Yet is Phil''s powerful story: his account of his relationship with his mother, and how she struggled to keep him alive; growing up quickly in the New-Old South of the 1990s, learning at the tender age of 6 years old how to check his glucose and give himself injections; of how he fulfilled his dream of becoming a professional athlete using his team and the bike as a platform, inspiring thousands of individuals and families around the world who are battling diabetes to not just chase, but catch, their dreams.
JOHN HANC is an instructor at the New York Institute of Technology, where he teaches writing and journalism. He has been a longtime contributor to The New York Times and Newsday, as well as a contributing editor to Smithsonian magazine's online edition and Runner's World magazine, and the author of 14 books, including the award-winning memoir The Coolest Race on Earth. He resides in Farmingdale, New York, with his wife and son.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781250006998 |
| ISBN 10 | 1250006996 |
| Title | Not Dead Yet |
| Author | Phil Southerland |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2012-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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