from Lilac_Lily01

Dara Torres is a world class athlete and in this book she shares her secrets to success. They aren't real secrets though. This woman has trained extremely hard all of her life to be on top. And the hard work has paid off for her. In "Age Is Just a Number" Dara talks about how she got started in s...

from she_climber

I'm just now learning to swim (and I'm almost Dara Torres age), but I just really started comning into my inner athlete in the last five years. I loved Dara's story at the Olympics since I too was a new mom and don't want to be limited by my age. I always worry about biographies that they will be...

from csayban

Dara Torres is an inspiring athlete - of that there is no doubt. The trouble with Age Is Just A Number is that the book doesn't really capture that story. Instead, it is a memoir that spends too much time on the mundane and skips around abandoning the narrative thread over and over. How much of w...