The Race of Truth: Kristin Armstrong’s Olympic Cycling Triumph Outside the Rio Spotlight
Outside the Rio Spotlight, #4
Nonfiction, Sports, Olympics, Cycling
| Author: | Maria Kaj | ISBN: | 9781386945376 |
| Publisher: | Maria Kaj | Publication: | March 15, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Maria Kaj |
| ISBN: | 9781386945376 |
| Publisher: | Maria Kaj |
| Publication: | March 15, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
At 43 years old, Kristin Armstrong might have had no business competing in a cycling time trial against the young international talent that surrounded her at the Rio Olympics. As she competed to become the oldest cyclist to win and to make it a record third gold medal, she faced many challenges: a history of injury; a wealth of demands on her non-cycling life; the grueling road race just three days earlier; and a juggernaut of outstanding riders from the Netherlands. This story of her race for a historic gold, told in the style of 16 Days of Glory, lays out the competition for the time trial, a race which provides no pack for shelter and no teammates to draft behind. Just pure cycling, mile after mile.
At 43 years old, Kristin Armstrong might have had no business competing in a cycling time trial against the young international talent that surrounded her at the Rio Olympics. As she competed to become the oldest cyclist to win and to make it a record third gold medal, she faced many challenges: a history of injury; a wealth of demands on her non-cycling life; the grueling road race just three days earlier; and a juggernaut of outstanding riders from the Netherlands. This story of her race for a historic gold, told in the style of 16 Days of Glory, lays out the competition for the time trial, a race which provides no pack for shelter and no teammates to draft behind. Just pure cycling, mile after mile.
