I went home to Montreal for Christmas, and while looking through the
bookstore I found a book about Lori-Ann Muenzer, titled "One Gear No
Breaks". It is about her struggles to become an Olympic Champion,
and the trials and tribulations she went through. It is well written
and a great read.

Some things that I found of interest, she started racing street when
she was 22. She was too old to make the Canadian National road team,
even though she was placing well, but did get support to start track
racing. There is a lot of info about the different training she did,
and how she managed to keep in shape and driven through the long cold
Edmonton winters. Some serious accidents, and a lack of real support
from the Canadian team should have side lined her, but she still
managed to pull it off, with the help of her trainer/coach Steen
Madison, and other supporters.

It is amazing what she went through to become an Olympic Champion,
and at the age of 38!

There is also a follow up movie on her 05 season, which sounds very
interesting, but I haven't seen it yet. More info and clips are
available at

http://www.onegearnobreaks.com/

The book is currently published in Canada, (I have also seen it at
the Chapters Bookstore in Windsor) but there are copies available on
Amazon. Also when I Googled it the Wal-Mart web site indicated a
Spring/07 release for the US.

Brian Warner