Find A Way

At the age of nine, Nyad asked her mother about Cuba. Her mother responded “You can’t see it but it’s so close you could almost swim there.” Her prophetic words created desire to fulfill that light hearted sentence. After five attempts, Nyad completed this impossible task at the incredible age of sixty-four. Her life has been a succession of record breaking and marathon swims. It takes the first few chapters before the book becomes interesting and well written. The reader is well advised to stick with it for a truly inspirational story. After a few chapters, Nyad’s journalism roots show: she is a very good writer. The arduous training and rigors of marathon swimming make for a very interesting story. It doesn’t totally answer the question of why extreme athletes attempt incredible feats but clearly it is a compulsion. For the fifth attempt, Nyad had to get her team to once again believe in her and support her efforts. She could not give up on her dream.