Do You Have Zero Regrets? Olympic Gold Medalist Apolo Ohno In Albany, NY For Book Signing

Apolo Ohno: Zero Regrets

Olympic speedskating gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno is coming to a bookstore near you! Well, at least he is on Saturday, November 6th if you live in the Albany, NY area! Apolo will be at Barnes & Noble in Colonie Center Mall at 11:00am to sign his latest book Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday.

For those readers who are new to Mom Got Blog I will share with you one of my true passions in life: Speedskating. It is a sport like no other. I am extremely active and I have done every kind of sport I can think of, but this skating in circles really fast with 17" razor blades on my feet? Well, it brings me joy down to the core of my being. It's hard to explain...but that is the best way I think I can describe it. And I did not start this sport as a young whipper snapper (did I just say that?), I was already into my 30's, an age where most skaters have long since retired. One aspect that I have enjoyed as much as competing is meeting the people that are involved. For a wide-world sport, the community feels very small and tight knit. Everyone knows everyone. When you hear folks say that this is a life-time sport- they really mean it. If you are not skating, you are involved in some shape or form to keep yourself connected.

I have written many a post on my favorite sport, especially through the Vancouver Olympics, but there is one post that sticks with me. Apolo spoke in an interview about the "Perfect Race", and it inspired me to write about one of my perfect races. We both agree that to have a perfect race does not necessarily equal winning; it's about putting everything you have out there and knowing you did your very best.

Apolo has been NON-STOP since the conclusion of the winter games in Vancouver. He started his own company, is part of the CNN "Hero" Series where he speaks of See Your Impact , traveling for appearances and now has published his first book:

Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday

If you live near Albany and would like to meet and receive an autographed copy of Apolo's latest book, please come out to support him at :

Barnes and Noble
Colonie Center
11:00am.

Just an FYI: He is only signing his book, no memorabilia. Time is short as he will be making his way to Syracuse and Buffalo on Saturday as well.

I just reserved my copy. I'm looking forward to reading and sharing my thoughts with you.

If you have read Apolo's book, what did you think?