Eat, Sleep, Ride

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Armed with wit and humour, an internationally acclaimed cycling writer tackles the longest mountain bike race in the world.For Paul Howard, who has ridden the entire Tour de France route during the race itself setting off at 4 am each day to avoid being caught by the pros riding an adventure cycling race should hold little fear Still, this isn t just any mountain bike race This is the Tour Divide.The Tour Divide race follows a fixed course called the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, crossing the Continental Divide from Banff, Alberta, through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and ending in Antelope Wells, New Mexico The Great Divide route is than 2,700 miles 500 miles longer than the Tour de France and involves than 200,000 feet of ascent the equivalent of climbing Mount Everest seven times.The other problem is that Howard has never owned a mountain bike and how will training on the South Downs in southern England prepare him for sleeping rough in the Rockies What s , the efficient backup team that helped Howard in the Tour, his dad, will be absent Undaunted, Howard swaps the smooth tarmac roads of France for the mud, snow, and ice of the Tour Divide, fending off grizzly bears, mountain lions, and moose Buzzing roadside fans are replaced by buzzing mosquitoes Worse is the unshakeable fear that he might have to earn his wild west stripes by drinking whiskey with a cowboy.Entertaining and engaging, Eat, Sleep, Ride will appeal to avid cyclers, ultra cycling fans, and readers of adventure travel narratives with a humorous twist. Read Eat, Sleep, Ride By Paul Howard – kino-fada.fr Paul Howard recounts a journey that surely qualifies as epic the nearly 2,800 mile Tour Divide, a race from Banff, Alberta to Antelope Wells, New Mexico across North America s rugged spine, the Continental Divide The book, aptly subtitled How I Braved Bears, Badlands and Big Breakfasts in My Quest to Cycle the Tour Divide, offers a cyclist s eye view of 27 days spent pedaling and sometimes pushing from Canada to Mexico, climbing the equivalent of seven Mount Everests in the process In this Paul Howard recounts a journey that surely qualifies as epic the nearly 2,800 mile Tour Divide, a race from Banff, Alberta to Antelope Wells, New Mexico across North America s rugged spine, the Continental Divide The book, aptly subtitled How I Braved Bears, Badlands and Big Breakfasts in My Quest to Cycle the Tour Divide, offers a cyclist s eye view of 27 days spent pedaling and sometimes pushing from Canada to Mexico, climbing the equivalent of seven Mount Everests in the process In this case, the eye is attached to a keenly observant and witty Brit, making for breezy reading, in contrast to the constant challenges the writ...It took me almost a week to finish this book, and any time I read that slowly, you know it s not exactly a page turner This book is a perfectly standard example of travel writing subgenre biking , and nothing , and although reading it was pleasant enough, there s a reason I kept nodding off after a few pages It s Well Monotonous and not particularly gripping Something like this needs a strong, compelling narrative voice to carry you through it, and Howard doesn t have that The one th It took me almost a week to finish this book, and any time I read that slowly, you know it s not exactly a page turner This book is a perfectly standard example of travel writing subgenre biking , and nothing , and although reading it was pleasant enough, there s a reason I kept nodding off after a few pages It s Well Monotonous and not particularly gripping Something like this needs a strong, compelling narrative voice to carry you through it, and Howard doesn t have that The one thing I did appreciate about this book it s a travel book written largely about the United States, by an outsider who has zero intere...so it is cold, wet and muddy, did I say it was cold Eat as much as you can when you can, sing at the top of your voice through Bear Country, watch out for packs of mangy dogs, do not sleep in luxurious surroundings it makes you miss the comforts, sleep rough and last but not lea...I love biking, adventure stories, and exploring America, so I thought this book would be perfect for me Instead, it was an overwritten book about a British guy being overwhelmed by America This country is so b...I m not a cyclist but this was highly entertaining to read.After hearing and reading about the Tour Divide event, Paul Howard couldn t let go of the idea In a sort of mid life crisis, he left his family of four small children with his wife and headed to Banff, Canada to participate in this 2700 mile mountain bike adventure Despite his lack of experience on a mountain bike and his absolute fear of outdoor wilderness, for 29 days he biked down the spine of the Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico Each day, he cycled approximately 100 miles, sleepin After hearing and reading about the Tour Divide event, Paul Howard couldn t let go of the idea In a sort of mid life crisis, he left his family of four small children with his wife and headed to Banff, Canada to participate in this 2700 mile mountain bike adventure Despite his lack of experience on a mountain bike and his absolute fear of outdoor wilderness, for 29 days he biked down the spine of the Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico Each day, he cycled approximately 100 miles, sleeping and eating in the towns along the way.For the first third of the book, Howard s dry English wit confounded me I thought that his self deprecating tone was serious and I wondered how he would be successful with such l...This book became a bit repetitive near the end eat, sleep,ride basically describes the content of each of the 31 chapters However, the witty comments here and there and the descriptions of the scenery make it worth the read I also think his attitude surrounding bears is quite funny.Quotes from some parts I liked Fortunately, a neighbourly couple explained the ...Paul Howard conquers the Great Divide starting in Canada, all the way to Mexico He braves the outdoors seeing bears, storms, and some of the strange locals of Western USA Along the way intaking as much junk food that he can come across.Sadly much of the book went over my head, but I love adventure tales especially when they re written in a good sense of humor What I like about this book is that while the Tour Divide is a race that Paul was competing in,...A pleasant read about a Yorkshireman taking part in the Tour Divide, an unsupported 2,700 mile race down America s mountainous spine, from Banff in Canada to the Mexico border.The snippets of history were interesting and the descriptions of the scenery were well done it becomes clear from reading this account that the damage caused by mineral extraction to the lands of the US is quite breathtaking Paul Howard doesn t harp on about it at all he just describes the physical effects on the landsc A pleasant read about a Yorkshireman taking part in the Tour Divide, an unsupported 2,700 mile race down America s mountainous spine, from Banff in Canada to the Mexico border.The snippets of history were interesting and the descriptions of the scenery were well done it becomes clear from reading this account that the damage caused by mineral extraction to the lands of the US is quite breathtaking Paul Howard doesn t harp on about it at all he just describes the ph...Unfortunately, the title just about describes it all obligatory eating, insufficient sleeping, and excessive riding As much as I wanted to like a book about long distance cycling, there was no compelling story Turning the pages at times seemed nearly as laborious as the narrator describes his turning of the pedals I continued reading in hopes that a worthy story would emerge However, it felt somewhat ironic at times as the narrator contemplated what the point really was in attempting to ma Unfortunately, the title just about describes it all obligatory eating, insufficient sleeping, and excessive riding As much as I wanted to like a book about long distance cycling, there was no compelling story Turning the pages at times seemed nearly as laborious as the narrator describes his turning of the pedals I continued reading in hopes that a worthy story would emerge However, it felt somewhat ironic at ...

Eat, Sleep, Ride
  • English
  • 21 October 2018
  • Paperback
  • 272 pages
  • 1553658175
  • Paul Howard
  • Eat, Sleep, Ride