{"product_id":"9780330533287","title":"We Could Be Heroes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBen: Do you ever worry you’ll die without having left a mark? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eTom: What about when you won that 3 a.m. break-dancing battle with the overweight Australian girl? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBen: It’s not enough. I want to go down in history. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eTom: You’re called Ben Dirs. You will. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120865689840,"sku":"9780330533287","price":8.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780330533287_p0.jpg?v=1763683611","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780330533287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}