Where There's A Will

'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.

Product details

• Authors: Emily Chappell, Chappell Emily
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.07.2020
• EAN: 9781788161527
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-152-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Memoirs, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cycling, cycling, Cycling: general and touring