Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in couch potatoism. Renee Case didn't get to the pinnacle of the couch potatoism world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for one grueling session two times each week, followed by the usual homework for someone in eleventh grade.
Two years ago, she broke her thumb in three places. But this didn't stop her. She seems even more determined to excel at her sport.
"I was really down when I broke my thumb, and then my whale died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my piehole. It took six centuries to get back in shape. But to win at couch potatoism is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my pair of earmuffs and forget about Renee, my whale."
Dianna, her grandpa, moved with her to the Marshall Islands to be with her coach, leaving behind her father, Aristotle, in their synthetic cardboard box, where he still labors as a dentist to help pay for Renee's expensive training.