Where There's A Will
Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent
by Emily Chappell
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Pub Date Nov 07 2019 | Archive Date Nov 06 2019
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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 |