"I swim for every chance to get wasted--after every meet, every weekend, every travel trip. There is darkness here but in Casey Legler… There is darkness here but in Casey Legler’s deft hands it serves the light. An alternative title for this ex-Olympian's memoir could have been: On your marks, get set, snort! This is how Casey overcame a very dark spiral. 17.6k Followers, 172 Following, 977 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Casey Legler • Writer (@_caseylegler) As brutal and original a telling as I can remember — of loneliness, of coping until the centre cannot hold. There is darkness here but in Casey Legler’s deft hands it serves the light. ‘Godspeed is a memoir for our times ― an urgent, hypnotising account of growing up and growing into one’s skin under extreme circumstances. Casey Legler (born 26 April 1977) is a French-American writer, restaurateur, model, and former Olympic swimmer. Casey Legler was once the fastest swimmer on earth. This is what I look forward to and what I tell no one: the burn of it down my throat, to my soul curled up in my lungs, the sharpest pain all over it--it seizes and stretches, becoming alive again, and is the only thing that makes sense." She is also an alcoholic, isolated from her family, and incapable of forming lasting connections with those around her. Casey Legler. Casey Legler was an Olympian as a teenager, but being an athlete was "intimately linked" with drugs and alcohol. Godspeed Casey Legler Scribe $27.99. As brutal and original a telling as I can remember - of loneliness, of coping until the centre cannot hold. Author: Emma Rault August 7, 2018. 1 April 2019 Arts & Culture, Books, Events. ‘Godspeed is a memoir for our times — an urgent, hypnotising account of growing up and growing into one’s skin under extreme circumstances. “Godspeed is a memoir for our times – an urgent, hypnotizing account of growing up and growing into one’s skin under extreme circumstances. 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