Juliana Buhring

This Road I Ride

My incredible journey from novice to fastest woman to cycle the globe

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When the love of Juliana's life dies unexpectedly, she is plunged into an all-consuming grief. The kind of grief that can make you older, sadder or - in Juliana's case - determined to take on a seemingly impossible challenge.With little experience of riding a bike and without a support crew or official sponsor, Juliana sets out to cycle the world. Journeying through small-town and big-mountain America, Australian deserts, South Asian rainforests and Turkish plains, she finds herself riding through a cyclone, fleeing angry dogs and kamikaze magpies - and feeling the rush of life again.In the process, Juliana officially becomes the first and fa… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-349-40909-2
EAN: 9780349409092
Produktnummer: 20394153
Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.6 cm x D0.0 cm
Abbildungen: 14 b+w photos plus map
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Juliana Buhring is the first woman to circumnavigate the world by bicycle, a Guinness World Record holder and bestselling author. In 2011, at the age of 30, Juliana started cycling. Less than a year after her world cycle she was placed 9th, and was the sole woman to compete, in the 2013 Transcontinental Race, which is Europe's longest, toughest unsupported bike race, running from London to Istanbul. In 2014, she won the first edition of the Trans Am Bike Race (women) and was placed 4th overall, riding 7,137 kilometres (4,435 miles) in 20 days and 23 hours. She is considered one of the strongest female ultra-endurance cyclists in the world. In 2016, she will compete in the Race Across America (RAAM), one of the most respected and longest running endurance sports events in the world.Her first book, Not Without My Sister, was an international bestseller.