The Longer Road - The Rise of Long Distance Cycling
Description
Long Distance Cycling can be brutally hard. So why are so many choosing the longer road?
Ultra events are more about mind than legs. Riders learn about themselves and race organisers compete to arrange longer, ever more testing events, stretching riders far out of their comfort zones, to the limits of their endurance.
Mike Kirby came to Ultra Distance bike rides late. Here he captures the essence of riding long, the events and the people who inspire him.
His journey took him to remote and wild places. He explored the deeply buried reasons Why? Ultra riding gifted him a unique stillness in motion and some fleeting glimpses of contentment, and left him feeling as proud of himself as he ever has.
This book is about the biggest Ultra races and some of the people who do them and follows Mike's highly personal journey from gawky kid to ultra rider.
