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Where There's A Will

- Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent
Af: Emily Chappell Engelsk Paperback

Where There's A Will

- Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent
Af: Emily Chappell Engelsk Paperback
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Shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year Non-Fiction Award 2020''Chappell is a gifted storyteller'' - ObserverIn 2015 Emily Chappell embarked on a formidable new bike race: The Transcontinental. 4,000km across Europe, unassisted, in the shortest time possible.On her first attempt she made it only halfway, waking up suddenly on her back in a field, floored by the physical and mental exertion.A year later she entered the race again - and won.Where There''s a Will takes us into Emily Chappell''s race, grinding up mountain passes and charging down the other side; snatching twenty minutes'' sleep on the outskirts of a village before jumping back on the bike to surge ahead for another day; feeding in bursts and navigating on the go. We experience the crippling self-doubt of the ultra distance racer, the confusing intensity of winning and the desperation of losing a dear friend who understood all of this.
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Shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year Non-Fiction Award 2020''Chappell is a gifted storyteller'' - ObserverIn 2015 Emily Chappell embarked on a formidable new bike race: The Transcontinental. 4,000km across Europe, unassisted, in the shortest time possible.On her first attempt she made it only halfway, waking up suddenly on her back in a field, floored by the physical and mental exertion.A year later she entered the race again - and won.Where There''s a Will takes us into Emily Chappell''s race, grinding up mountain passes and charging down the other side; snatching twenty minutes'' sleep on the outskirts of a village before jumping back on the bike to surge ahead for another day; feeding in bursts and navigating on the go. We experience the crippling self-doubt of the ultra distance racer, the confusing intensity of winning and the desperation of losing a dear friend who understood all of this.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9781788161527
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1788161521
Kategori: Erindringer
Udg. Dato: 5 nov 2020
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Profile Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 5 nov 2020
Forfatter(e): Emily Chappell
Forfatter(e) Emily Chappell


Kategori Erindringer


ISBN-13 9781788161527


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 304


Udgave


Længde 21mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 129mm


Udg. Dato 5 nov 2020


Oplagsdato 5 nov 2020


Forlag Profile Books Ltd