Book description
Ben: Do you ever worry you’ll die without having left a mark?
Tom: What about when you won that 3 a. m. break-dancing battle with the
overweight Australian girl?
Ben: It’s not enough. I want to go down in history.
Tom: You’re called Ben Dirs. You will.
Finely-tuned triathlete Tom Fordyce and hopeless smoker Ben Dirs have
made a living blogging for the BBC about the triumphs and tribulations
of sport at its highest level - but they will never be World Champions
themselves. Well, unless they can find some really pointless sporting
challenges...
From the gripping slow-motion drama of the World Sauna Championships to
the Cotswold Olympicks, in which ‘competitors, wearing boots, attempt to
kick each other,’ We Could Be Heroes is a collection of brilliantly
funny gonzo despatches from the frontline of sport. If you can race Ben
Fogle up a Yorkshire hillside carrying a sack of coal, or kick the shin
out of Rory McGrath, you could be the Champion of the World - and what’s
more, you’ll have very, very sore shins, my son. Ben Dirs and Tom
Fordyce are the best 'ball by ball' commentators on the BBC website and
blog about cricket (including the Ashes series), rugby, tennis and
athletics to a growing and committed fanbase.
