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Endless Perfect Circles: Lessons from the little-known world of ultradistance cycling

Endless Perfect Circles: Lessons from the little-known world of ultradistance cycling - Paperback

by Ian Walker
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ian WalkerPublish date:2020-07-27Pages:230
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ian WalkerISBN-13:9781838535551ISBN-10:1838535551UPC:9781838535551Book Category:Sports & Recreation, TravelBook Subcategory:Cycling, Special InterestBook Topic:BicyclingSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC11ZC4SAH

A professional psychologist spent his entire life believing he had no ability or interest in sport. Then, in his forties, he became a champion ultradistance athlete before breaking the world record for the fastest bicycle crossing of Europe.


This journey - made entirely alone and without any support crew - went from the northernmost point in the Arctic down to the very southernmost point in Spain. Averaging 377 kilometres each day and with up to 18 hours in the saddle at a time, the total distance of 6367 km was covered in well under 17 days, knocking more than two days off the previous record. It was a journey of ultimate self-reliance.


Endless Perfect Circles is not just a tale of sleep deprivation and eating terrible food in supermarket car parks, it is also a celebration of how tough sporting challenges offer ordinary people a path to self-improvement. Weaving his own experiences together with psychological insights, Ian Walker demonstrates the rewards we can all find from setting ourselves difficult personal goals and working out how we will rise to meet these.


"When I ride, my mind is both crowded and empty. The practical part of me churns, thinking all the time about navigation, shops, food, weather and lodging, seeking information about those raw essentials of life and planning dozens of contingencies. But when I look back on any given ride, even one lasting many days, I would struggle to tell you a single thought that passed through my head, because the rest of my mind has been liberated. All of life's needs have been simplified by the pure act of riding."
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ian WalkerISBN-13:9781838535551ISBN-10:1838535551UPC:9781838535551Book Category:Sports & Recreation, TravelBook Subcategory:Cycling, Special InterestBook Topic:BicyclingSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC11ZC4SAH
Walker, Ian: - "Ian Walker splits his time across two related worlds. By day, he is an environmental psychologist at the University of Bath, specialising in transport choices, traffic safety, energy consumption and water use. As you will see from his textbooks, he also teaches research methods and statistics at a whole range of levels from entry-level introductions up to doctoral level. Ian's professional interest in clean transport and traffic safety also extends into his personal life, where he takes part in ultradistance bicycle racing - an activity explored in his new book Endless Perfect Circles. This introduces readers to the extraordinary world of nonstop bicycle races that last for weeks at a time. It goes on to describe how Ian won a tough 4300-kilometre cycle race before breaking the Guinness World Record for the fastest ever bicycle crossing of Europe."
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