A Life In A Day In A Year is written in the style of a folded clock and gives a unique insight into a 'year' between 1973 and 1978 in the life of a Scottish athlete. In 1978 the author got as close to beating the disgraced world number one 800 metres East German athlete, Olaf Beyer, as either Sebastian Coe or Steve Ovett. The book tells the story of the ups and the downs of a young man's day to day journey and his quest to become a champion athlete...