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1seanpmurray
Any recommendations for a good book on the modern history of cycling that
A) is not 'The Immortal Class'
B) does not mention Lance Armstrong?
Thanks.
A) is not 'The Immortal Class'
B) does not mention Lance Armstrong?
Thanks.
2JimThomson
Here's one that will put things in perspective for you! 'HELL ON TWO WHEELS' (2012) is about the 2009 Race Across America (RAAM) in which twenty-eight cyclists rode from Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland with one simple rule; first to the finishing line wins. No allowance is made for such things as sleep (three hours a day, max), eating or any other activity out of the saddle. And the pace is not slow at all. This is not just a sleep-deprivation exercise; it is a ten day time-trial. Slow speed results only in a Did-Not-Finish ruling. Fourteen of the entrants were unable to finish the 3,000 mile course at all. Some others finished but outside the cut-off time and thus were not recorded as finishing as part of the Race.
The effect on even expert and highly fit athletes is all but unbelievable; including pressure sores and abrasions in the saddle area, peripheral edema in the hands and feet leading to removing the toe area of the shoes, numbness and injury to nerves in the hands and wrists (sometimes requiring six months to heal), nausea, chronic dehydration and electrolyte imbalance (very dangerous), racing heart or palpitations, heat exhaustion in the deserts, pulmonary edema at high altitude in the Rocky mountains, extreme sleepiness, liver and kidney problems, muscle soreness and weakness, swollen, painful knee joints, neck muscle failure, broken bones due to crashes, unending pain, pneumonia, pulmonary embolisms (requiring hospitalization), fluid build-up around the heart and lungs, extreme fatigue, confusion, an inability to make decisions, memory loss, paranoia, extreme irritability, delusions, hallucinations, temporary borderline psychotic behavior (Really?) and depression. There are also a few more conditions that I have overlooked, there being so many. All-in-all, this is as much an exercise in surviving physical self-destruction as much as a time trial. In the end, the winner was not just the fastest rider, but the one who managed his own self-destruction most efficiently. One unfortunate woman rider had to abandon the race only 20 miles from the finish. That's gotta hurt.
The first man to finish was a 39 year old from Switzerland named Dani Wyss, holder of the world 24 hour time trial record, in 8 days, 6 hours, and one minute. The winner of the women's race was 41 year old Daniela Genovesi of Brazil, in 11 days, 17 hours and 41 minutes. Neither required hospitalization. The oldest finisher was a 60 year old American named Paul Danhaus. The youngest man to abandon the race was a 26 year old from Austria who Abandoned 1,470 miles into the race. The first American to finish, in fourth place, was 38 year old Christopher Gottwald. The first British racer to finish, in sixth place, was 46 year old Jim Rees, in 10 days, 20 hours and 53 minutes.
The race can be followed at www.raceacrossamerica.org. Further information can be found at www.roadsideamerica.com, www.route50.com, www.wyssdani.ch, www.ultracycling.com.
The effect on even expert and highly fit athletes is all but unbelievable; including pressure sores and abrasions in the saddle area, peripheral edema in the hands and feet leading to removing the toe area of the shoes, numbness and injury to nerves in the hands and wrists (sometimes requiring six months to heal), nausea, chronic dehydration and electrolyte imbalance (very dangerous), racing heart or palpitations, heat exhaustion in the deserts, pulmonary edema at high altitude in the Rocky mountains, extreme sleepiness, liver and kidney problems, muscle soreness and weakness, swollen, painful knee joints, neck muscle failure, broken bones due to crashes, unending pain, pneumonia, pulmonary embolisms (requiring hospitalization), fluid build-up around the heart and lungs, extreme fatigue, confusion, an inability to make decisions, memory loss, paranoia, extreme irritability, delusions, hallucinations, temporary borderline psychotic behavior (Really?) and depression. There are also a few more conditions that I have overlooked, there being so many. All-in-all, this is as much an exercise in surviving physical self-destruction as much as a time trial. In the end, the winner was not just the fastest rider, but the one who managed his own self-destruction most efficiently. One unfortunate woman rider had to abandon the race only 20 miles from the finish. That's gotta hurt.
The first man to finish was a 39 year old from Switzerland named Dani Wyss, holder of the world 24 hour time trial record, in 8 days, 6 hours, and one minute. The winner of the women's race was 41 year old Daniela Genovesi of Brazil, in 11 days, 17 hours and 41 minutes. Neither required hospitalization. The oldest finisher was a 60 year old American named Paul Danhaus. The youngest man to abandon the race was a 26 year old from Austria who Abandoned 1,470 miles into the race. The first American to finish, in fourth place, was 38 year old Christopher Gottwald. The first British racer to finish, in sixth place, was 46 year old Jim Rees, in 10 days, 20 hours and 53 minutes.
The race can be followed at www.raceacrossamerica.org. Further information can be found at www.roadsideamerica.com, www.route50.com, www.wyssdani.ch, www.ultracycling.com.
