The Resource The Road Less Taken : Lessons from a Life Spent Cycling, (electronic resource)
The Road Less Taken : Lessons from a Life Spent Cycling, (electronic resource)
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The item The Road Less Taken : Lessons from a Life Spent Cycling, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Lane Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- <P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>In <I>The</I> <I>Road Less Taken</I>, Kathryn Bertine takes readers through her journey of striving to become a professional cyclist in her mid-30s. Her essays explore the twists and turns on life's unexpected roads via bicycle, but also the larger meaning of what it means to heed one's inner compass and search for a personal true north. With her signature wit and humor Bertine's essays travel far beyond the bike lane, resonating with anyone who has ever dared to try and turn their dreams into a reality
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Contents
-
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Lindsay Berra; Introduction; Part I: Share the Road; The Empress of Maybe; A Pirate's Life for Me; Q and A: What's It Like to Be a Cyclist?; The Art of Getting By; Of Pigeons and Prize Money; Want to Race with Long Hair? Fine.; A Cyclist's Letter to Santa; Belgium Bound; The Snelheidsmeter; In It with All Her Heart; The Guy in Yellow; The Watties; Part II: Rough Road; Maps; Lunch and Other Obstacles; United We Fall; The Pinarello; Part III: No Stopping; The Call Up; Welcome to the Hope Show; The Adventures of Pocketbaby
- Inexperience Is Not the Same as WeaknessThat's Bike Racing; Rock. And Roll.; On Taking; On Nuts, Nearlies, and Kicking Back; Give Me Something to Believe In; DNF vs. DNS; Being There: The Extra Special World Champion; The Bonus Wife; Part IV: Merge; Brazilian Cycling Federation Takes a Step Backward; Tour of Utah: How "Men-Only" Stage Races Hold Back the Entire Sport of Cycling; My Father, the Cheater; Investing in Women's Sports: A Perfect Recipe for John Profaci; Skirting the Issue: Boxing's Step Backward; Adonal Foyle Teaches Growl Power
- The First Woman of Little League: Kathryn "Tubby" JohnstonBig Wheel; Swing for the Fences; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Sources; About the Author
- Isbn
- 9781623689094
- Label
- The Road Less Taken : Lessons from a Life Spent Cycling
- Title
- The Road Less Taken
- Title remainder
- Lessons from a Life Spent Cycling
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- <P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>In <I>The</I> <I>Road Less Taken</I>, Kathryn Bertine takes readers through her journey of striving to become a professional cyclist in her mid-30s. Her essays explore the twists and turns on life's unexpected roads via bicycle, but also the larger meaning of what it means to heed one's inner compass and search for a personal true north. With her signature wit and humor Bertine's essays travel far beyond the bike lane, resonating with anyone who has ever dared to try and turn their dreams into a reality
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bertine, Kathryn
- Dewey number
-
- 796.6092
- 796.6092
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- GV1051 .B47 A3 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Bertine, Kathryn
- Bertine, Kathryn, 1975-
- Cyclists
- Cyclists
- Cyclists
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Cycling
- Label
- The Road Less Taken : Lessons from a Life Spent Cycling, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
-
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Lindsay Berra; Introduction; Part I: Share the Road; The Empress of Maybe; A Pirate's Life for Me; Q and A: What's It Like to Be a Cyclist?; The Art of Getting By; Of Pigeons and Prize Money; Want to Race with Long Hair? Fine.; A Cyclist's Letter to Santa; Belgium Bound; The Snelheidsmeter; In It with All Her Heart; The Guy in Yellow; The Watties; Part II: Rough Road; Maps; Lunch and Other Obstacles; United We Fall; The Pinarello; Part III: No Stopping; The Call Up; Welcome to the Hope Show; The Adventures of Pocketbaby
- Inexperience Is Not the Same as WeaknessThat's Bike Racing; Rock. And Roll.; On Taking; On Nuts, Nearlies, and Kicking Back; Give Me Something to Believe In; DNF vs. DNS; Being There: The Extra Special World Champion; The Bonus Wife; Part IV: Merge; Brazilian Cycling Federation Takes a Step Backward; Tour of Utah: How "Men-Only" Stage Races Hold Back the Entire Sport of Cycling; My Father, the Cheater; Investing in Women's Sports: A Perfect Recipe for John Profaci; Skirting the Issue: Boxing's Step Backward; Adonal Foyle Teaches Growl Power
- The First Woman of Little League: Kathryn "Tubby" JohnstonBig Wheel; Swing for the Fences; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Sources; About the Author
- Control code
- frd891448914
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781623689094
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781623689094
- (Sirsi) b1366850
- Label
- The Road Less Taken : Lessons from a Life Spent Cycling, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
-
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Lindsay Berra; Introduction; Part I: Share the Road; The Empress of Maybe; A Pirate's Life for Me; Q and A: What's It Like to Be a Cyclist?; The Art of Getting By; Of Pigeons and Prize Money; Want to Race with Long Hair? Fine.; A Cyclist's Letter to Santa; Belgium Bound; The Snelheidsmeter; In It with All Her Heart; The Guy in Yellow; The Watties; Part II: Rough Road; Maps; Lunch and Other Obstacles; United We Fall; The Pinarello; Part III: No Stopping; The Call Up; Welcome to the Hope Show; The Adventures of Pocketbaby
- Inexperience Is Not the Same as WeaknessThat's Bike Racing; Rock. And Roll.; On Taking; On Nuts, Nearlies, and Kicking Back; Give Me Something to Believe In; DNF vs. DNS; Being There: The Extra Special World Champion; The Bonus Wife; Part IV: Merge; Brazilian Cycling Federation Takes a Step Backward; Tour of Utah: How "Men-Only" Stage Races Hold Back the Entire Sport of Cycling; My Father, the Cheater; Investing in Women's Sports: A Perfect Recipe for John Profaci; Skirting the Issue: Boxing's Step Backward; Adonal Foyle Teaches Growl Power
- The First Woman of Little League: Kathryn "Tubby" JohnstonBig Wheel; Swing for the Fences; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Sources; About the Author
- Control code
- frd891448914
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781623689094
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781623689094
- (Sirsi) b1366850
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