Foreword -- Preface -- A line in the sand -- Chlorine dreams -- College currents: fast water, high times, and California cool -- From underwater to under the influence -- White sands and red stripe: hitting bottom in paradise -- Into the light -- My secret weapon: power in plants -- Training as life -- The aloha, kokua, and ohana of Ultraman -- Epic5: rookie mistakes, burning skies, Kahuna spirits, and a drunken angel in the pain cave of the real Hawaii -- There are no finish lines -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: the nuts and bolts of the plantpower diet -- Appendix II: a plantpower day in the life -- Appendix III: Plantpower recipes -- Appendix IV: the cleanse -- Appendix V: resources.