'A unique and funny writer with a true understanding of what it takes to make it as an elite cyclist' Chris Boardman
Further immerses the reader in the world of endurance cycling as well-known former professional cyclist Michael Hutchinson talks to ultra-distance athletes, exercise scientists, nutritionists and psychologists - 'those who've done it and those who understand it'- as he unpicks both the physical and mental demands, attempts to understand the key to successful endurance, and tries not to get himself accidentally killed while riding a frankly terrifyingly long-distance event.
By:
Michael Hutchinson
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781805460459
ISBN 10: 1805460455
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 12 June 2025
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
1: The Half-day from Hell 2: The Best You Can Be Right Now 3: The Never-Exceed Speed 4: Very Long Rides Don't Make You Fast, They Just Make You Tired 5: 14,000 Calories a Day 6: Reinventing the Bike Race and the Rise of the Amateurs 7: Fifteen Minutes, the Perfect Night's Sleep 8: A Perfect Equilibrium of Discomfort 9: A 3 a.m. Lesson in Trust 10: The Hutch Moment
Michael Hutchinson is a writer, journalist and former professional cyclist. As a rider he won multiple national titles in both Britain and Ireland and competed at the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games. He was a three-time Brompton folding-bike World Champion, and once hit 73mph riding down a hill in Wales.As a writer, he wrote the award-winning The Hour about his attempt on the sport's most famous and sought-after record. He followed that up with Faster, about the training, the science, the genetics and the luck behind the world's fastest riders, and Re:Cyclists, a history of cyclists from 1816 to the present day.He is a columnist for Cycling Weekly magazine, and his writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Observer, Financial Times, The New York Times and The New York Review of Books. He has presented cycling TV and radio shows for the BBC and others and has appeared as a pundit and commentator for Eurosport, the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky Sports. And before he did any of that he was a legal academic at Cambridge and Sussex universities. He now lives with far too many bicycles in London and Cambridgeshire.