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A Corinthian Endeavour: The Story of the National Hill Climb Championship by Paul M. Jones (Paperback, 2015)
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Every year on the last weekend of October the death knell of the cycling season is sounded by the National Hill Climb Championship. It's been won by luminaries like Brian Robinson, Chris Boardman and Malcolm Elliott, and yet the story of the championship is one of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, of amateur cyclists prevailing against the professionals. It's a tale of obsession, pain and asceticism - the key elements in the fight against the insidious grasp of gravity.The violence of the race is set against the beauty of the landscape, from the supernatural past of Pendle Moor to the granite outcrops of Dartmoor, from the glacial High Peak to the bucolic charms of the Cotswolds. It's an esoteric and uniquely British event, a hymn to the clustered contours of this island, sung by the Corinthian exponents of amateur sport. In an era when cycling as a sport has never been more popular, this ideal is more important than ever.A Corinthian Endeavour traces the full history of the Championship event from its inception in 1944 through to 2014, and the incorporation of a Women's Championship from 1998 onwards. It is illustrated with 28b/w and 21 colour photographs.Product Identifiers
PublisherMousehold Press
ISBN-139781874739760
eBay Product ID (ePID)213418065
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Book TitleA Corinthian Endeavour: the Story of the National Hill Climb Championship
AuthorPaul M. Jones
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
GenreSports
Number of Pages280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height210mm
Item Width148mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorPaul M. Jones
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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