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Katie Hoff shares ‘Blueprint’ for a unique swimming career in memoir

From making her first Olympic team at age 15, Katie Hoff was labeled the U.S.’ next swimming superstar and spent more the next decade authoring a distinct career.

Hoff’s memoir, “Blueprint: An Olympian’s Story of Striving, Adapting, and Embracing the Suck,” was recently released and is available here. Here is an excerpt:

Blink.

Go on. Blink your eyes.

How long do you think that took? A fraction of a second, for sure, but what fraction? A quarter of a second? A fifth? A “split” second, whatever that means?