Marilyn Lakewood

Marilyn Lakewood

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Marilyn lives with her husband in the northwest U.S., not too far from the Canadian border, and believes the long, cold winters are perfect “writing weather.” She looks forward to the winter holidays, and doesn’t mind the snow, except when she needs to drive in it.

Although she imagines travelling to distant, romantic shores, she’s a country girl at heart, and her favorite place is home with her family.

She loves music, flowers, sci-fi movies, and taking daily walks with Precious, her rescued dog.

Marilyn writes erotic romance because it lets her explore love, passion, and sex, through the lens of different characters and settings. It’s also a way to keep her imagination kindled during the September to March “cold snap.”

She started writing sexy stories “just for fun” seven years ago. Today, she’ll laughingly admit she’s absolutely obsessed with creating hard-core dominant heroes and happily-ever-after endings.

She appreciates comfy shoes, doesn’t need many high heels, but owns a pair of snowshoes in case her hubby wants to hike into their tiny, off-the-grid, “summer cabin” in the winter. She adores that there are no mosquitoes or hornets when it’s snowy. 

Visit Marilyn at www.marilynlakewood.com

Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness

Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness

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<p><b>The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon.</b><br /> <br />One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, <i>Learning to Breathe Fire </i>combines vivid sports writing with a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human. In the book, veteran journalist J.C. Herz explains the science of maximum effort, why the modern gym fails an obese society, and the psychic rewards of ending up on the floor feeling as though you're about to die. <br /> <br />The story traces CrossFit’s rise, from a single underground gym in Santa Cruz to its adoption as the workout of choice for elite special forces, firefighters and cops, to its popularity as the go-to fitness routine for regular Joes and Janes. Especially riveting is Herz’s description of The CrossFit Games, which begin as an informal throw-down on a California ranch and evolve into a televised global proving ground for the fittest men and women on Earth, as well as hundreds of thousands of lesser mortals. <br /> <br />In her portrayal of the sport's star athletes, its passionate coaches and its “chief armorer,” Rogue Fitness, Herz powerfully evokes the uniqueness of a fitness culture that  cultivates primal fierceness in average people. And in the shared ordeal of an all-consuming workout, she unearths the ritual intensity that's been with us since humans invented sports, showing us how, on a deep level, we're all tribal hunters and first responders, waiting for the signal to go all-out. </p>

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