{"id":15988,"date":"2023-04-23T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/pretoria\/?p=15988"},"modified":"2023-04-21T11:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T09:07:40","slug":"another-must-read-to-add-to-your-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/pretoria\/blog\/2023\/04\/23\/another-must-read-to-add-to-your-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Another must read to add to your collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

We love Ian Laxton’s novel, The Final Lap: Is Winning Enough?<\/em>, so much that we could hardly put it down…<\/strong><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

A family tragedy during her teenage years in South Africa motivates Abby Dennison, a highly talented track
\nrunner, to become the world number one over fifteen hundred metres. An ambitious meeting director in
\nLondon arranges a mile race in the London Olympic Stadium with the goal of breaking the world record.
\nAbby and the other top-ranked athletes are invited to compete and she has to prepare for the biggest race
\nof her life: The goal is winning and breaking the record.<\/p>\n

This is the real world of elite track athletics, where sporting brilliance is no guarantee of success, where
\nraces are run on a knife-edge and a dark underbelly exists alongside fame, fortune, accolades, and records.<\/p>\n

This book will keep you on the edge of your seat as Abby competes in a world where the competition comes from more than the other runners in the race and where potential sabotage and even stalking threaten to derail her career.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Abby must ask herself: IS WINNING ENOUGH?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong>
\nIan Laxton is a sports journalist, commentator and author who has worked in South Africa and
\ninternationally at events ranging from the Comrades Marathon to the Olympic Games<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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