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Where There's A Will
Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent
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Pub Date
7 Nov 2019
| Archive Date
6 Nov 2019
Description
WOMEN'S CYCLING WRITER OF THE YEAR at the Women's Cycling Awards 2020
Shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year Non-Fiction Award 2020
Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2020
'Chappell is a gifted storyteller' - Observer
In 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.
Best Cycling Book chosen by Road
WOMEN'S CYCLING WRITER OF THE YEAR at the Women's Cycling Awards 2020 Shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year Non-Fiction Award 2020 Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain...
Description
WOMEN'S CYCLING WRITER OF THE YEAR at the Women's Cycling Awards 2020
Shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year Non-Fiction Award 2020
Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2020
'Chappell is a gifted storyteller' - Observer
In 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.
Best Cycling Book chosen by Road
Available Editions
EDITION |
Other Format |
ISBN |
9781788161510 |
PRICE |
£14.99 (GBP)
|
PAGES |
288
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
EDITION |
Other Format |
ISBN |
9781788161510 |
PRICE |
£14.99 (GBP)
|
PAGES |
288
|
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