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Life's New Hurdles
From a strictly time-tabled athletics lifestyle from the age of 17, suddenly, after retiring from his sporting career, he had to grow up very quickly. This is Colin Jackson's story about becoming an adult at 35 years of age.
- GenresAutobiography
87 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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January 16, 2026
Very quick and easy read. He gives an interesting insight into how he has achieved everything he has and shares his guide to success. He also has a link up with BBC Wales which he mentions a few times so this little book did feel like part advert. It was interesting and gave me a little food for thought and goes some way into proving that he really is a nice chap.
October 18, 2012
A very simply written book that gave the impression I was reading a high-schoolers essay! Yet because I knew it was part of the Quick Book series I forgave it a little and stuck with it. I was thankfully rewarded with a very good final chapter that eventually gave me Colin's life after professional athletics which is what I was curious about.
Although the bulk of the book covered experiences of Colin's athletics life there were a few interesting parts about life after it, but it was often poorly explained with practically no detail. I got the sense that it was skipped over due to a presumption that the reader wouldn't be interested in that sort of stuff even though this is what the book title suggested it would be all about.
So how he really did manage to move from sport to presenting and TV commentary is still a bit of a mystery mechanically speaking, as too how he actually got the opportunities to do the various TV shows such as Dancing on Ice but hey ho, it's a tiny mini book so what could it really do? I would say though that it did get me thinking about the dedication of Colin's to both his sports career and his professional life after it and and that really was the thing that will stay with me the most about this book.
Although the bulk of the book covered experiences of Colin's athletics life there were a few interesting parts about life after it, but it was often poorly explained with practically no detail. I got the sense that it was skipped over due to a presumption that the reader wouldn't be interested in that sort of stuff even though this is what the book title suggested it would be all about.
So how he really did manage to move from sport to presenting and TV commentary is still a bit of a mystery mechanically speaking, as too how he actually got the opportunities to do the various TV shows such as Dancing on Ice but hey ho, it's a tiny mini book so what could it really do? I would say though that it did get me thinking about the dedication of Colin's to both his sports career and his professional life after it and and that really was the thing that will stay with me the most about this book.
July 29, 2018
Good one to read.
Met him once. Genuine nice bloke! As an armchair track & field fan, it explains why he has taken to being a pundit/presenter so well. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys sport autobiographies.
Met him once. Genuine nice bloke! As an armchair track & field fan, it explains why he has taken to being a pundit/presenter so well. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys sport autobiographies.
August 29, 2017
Enjoyed. One of my "Read 50 books in my 50th year" .
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