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Where there's a will : hope, grief and endurance in a cycle race across a continent

Chappell, Emily2019
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This is Emily Chappell's story of transformation into a cross-continental bike racer, pushing the limits of her endurance. A London cycle courier with a taste for adventure, Emily Chappell entered an extraordinary new race, The Transcontinental, in which riders must find their own way, entirely unassisted, across Europe in the shortest time possible. On her second attempt, she won the women's event, covering nearly 4,000 miles in 13 days and ten hours, sleeping in short bursts wherever exhaustion took her. In the aftermath of a win that troubled as much as pleased her she worked with Mike Hall, the founder of the race, until his tragic death on the road. Where There's a Will is a book about a normal person finding the capacity to do something extraordinary; the paradoxes of comradeship, competition, vulnerability and will and the shock of grief, combined in a beautifully written and very human story.
Main title:
Where there's a will : hope, grief and endurance in a cycle race across a continent / Emily Chappell.
Author:
Chappell, Emily, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2019.©2019
Collation:
278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781788161510 (hardback)
Dewey class:
796.6092796.6
Language:
English
Added title:
Where there is a will
Subject:
Chappell, Emily -- AnecdotesCyclists -- Great Britain -- AnecdotesBicycle racing -- Europe -- AnecdotesAnecdotes
BRN:
375854
Bookmark link:
https://bayside.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=375854
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Brighton LibraryAdult Non Fiction - Leisure796.6 CHAAvailable

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