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How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals

How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals

ISBN: 1416986693

Title: How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals

Author: Michael Phelps,Alan Abrahamson

KDL Description:

Excellent book on statistical concepts and comparisons…ex: ...”I trained for 6 years…that’s a kindergartener’s whole life…that’s the same as 42 dog years!” or Every week in practice I swam 60,000 meters…in 6 years I swam 12,480 miles…that’s 183,040 trips around bases…or like swimming the full length of the Great Wall of China 3 time!”
-Laura at KDL’s Plainfield Township branch

Amazon Description:

What does it take to win eight gold medals?

Napping away three summer vacations?

Eating enough broccoli to fill the back of a pickup truck?

Swimming the length of the Great Wall of China three times?