With his last-gasp victory as part of the Great British coxless four
team at the Athens Olympics, Matthew Pinsent clinched an historic fourth
Olympic Gold to add to the three already won with his legendary rowing
partner Steve Redgrave. In an uniquely exciting and evocative
autobiography, Pinsent interweaves the build-up to Athens 2004 with the
extraordinary story of his career and unforgettable partnership with
Redgrave. Plucked from obscurity at the age of 20, told to partner his
hero, and trained to within an inch of his life, Pinsent's story is
uniquely revealing about what it takes to be a champion and the mixed
blessings of success. Culminating with a nail-biting final chapter
detailing the team's extraordinary victory in Athens in blow-by-blow
detail, A Lifetime in a Race is a sports book in a different mould.