Where there's a will : hope, grief and endurance in a cycle race across a continent
Chappell, Emily (Cycle courier)2019
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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 4000 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:
Author:
Chappell, Emily (Cycle courier), author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books Ltd, 2019.
Collation:
278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781788161510 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.6092B CHA
Language:
English
BRN:
1942250