Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet

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Submitting to extreme efforts for 124 days 10 hours and 50 minutes, she preferred riding into the wee hours past midnight throughout her trip. You don't have to be gloriously happy in a storm, but accepting it is what makes for an easier passage', and, 'There is a freedom that comes from carrying your own home with you. Emma moved from Lotto-Belisol to Dutch team Redsun, then a new Belgian team of primarily developing riders, where there was less pressure, an opportunity to share her experience and help build a whole new team; a nice way to spend her final years of professional racing.

Over thousands of hours of solo riding and frequently in bad weather, she captures plenty of emotions and memories along the route in her writing, photos and the audio snippets broadcast to supporters back home in Scotland. I guess that's why she is touring off the back of its publication, to talk more about her adventure (as she finds that more enjoyable than writing about them). a reminder of what a positive mindset, daily intentions, the kindness of strangers and the love of friends enables even when very far away. She never dwells on one single anecdote or description for long; what needs to be said is said, then the narrative moves on. An entertaining and honest account of one very hard trip, unsurprising given that Jenny Graham always comes across as open to new experiences.for Coffee First, Then the World - Jenny Grahams epic world record breaking solo, unsupported cycle around the world. I've found myself wanting to know more about the ride; the book races through the adventure as quickly as Jenny raced around the world. She rarely breaks away from the flow of the journal, and when she does, it's normally in recognition of something that has positively impacted her life and/or the challenge.

It was a sit-down job; one I thought I’d do in the airport or sometime where there was a period of enforced rest, but there were always so many more pressing jobs to do and I’d never got to that point. The poles were hollow and inside them I’d rolled up six different currencies in case of emergencies, to see me through the first leg of the route from Berlin to Beijing: euros for Germany, Latvia and Lithuania; zloty for Poland; roubles for Russia; tögrög for Mongolia; and renminbi for China. In 2018, over the course of 18,000 miles, Scottish cyclist Jenny Graham smashed the round-the-world cycling record by nearly three weeks, finishing in 124 days and 11 hours. Jenny holds the female world record and her story is badass, listening via audiobook is highly recommended - Jenny narrates in her lovely Scottish accent, and it includes actually clips from her audio diaries she recorded on the ride.This was one of my "once a year" holiday reads and she had me hooked from the start even though I knew the story! Not only the logistics and planning required, the fundraising and sponsorship to enable the project to get off the ground, but the mental attitude to force yourself to continue day after day for months on end spinning the pedals. Her journey swerves from terrifying near road collisions in Russia and weather extremes in Australia to breathtaking landscapes in Mongolia and exhilarating wildlife encounters in North America. Day by day she brings you along and is not afraid to share her fears of snakes, bears and kangaroos.

Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. This book had me laughing out loud and then crying, reading the final pages in Venice Train Station.Jenny has an approachable, honest way of writing and by the end of it you’ll want to undertake your own epic adventure. I de-caffeinated myself for a couple of weeks at a time, then allowed myself to only have coffee away from the cabin – which meant I’d go for a ride. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Before I get ahead of myself, I must say that this is not a traditional sports biography by any means.

Jenny Graham tackles the world and shares her experiences of the brutal, elite world of endurance cycling with humour, honesty and humility. In 2018, amateur cyclist Jenny Graham left family and friends behind in Scotland to become the fastest woman to cycle around the world. As you traverse the world with Jenny, she keeps you updated along the way with quick snippets of people she encounters on the journey. Cycling UK is more than just a membership charity, which provides you with excellent insurance, information and a magazine. Jenny’s background in social care has fuelled her passionate and drive to promote equality and opportunities in the outdoors and over the years has dedicated her time to such projects.

Using his laptop, Tom eventually managed to download half the world on to a SIM card that I then plugged into my Garmin GPS. Das Buch von Mark Beaumont liegt auch noch auf meinem SUB und ich freue mich schon darauf, die beiden zu vergleichen.