Just Ride, Ty Hopkins
Just Ride, Ty Hopkins
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Just Ride
Racing 2,725 Miles to Mexico

Author: Ty Hopkins

Narrator: Roger Wayne

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/21/2019


Synopsis

The Tour Divide, a 2,725-mile mountain bike race along the Continental Divide from Banff, Alberta, Canada, to the Mexican border crossing at Antelope Wells, New Mexico, demanded will-breaking efforts day after day, but the race also returned brief moments of euphoria. Most of the time the race felt impossible, and I loved it!

Just Ride is an adventure story of the 2018 Tour Divide. The book details the resilience and amazing adaptability of the human body and mind, and it gives a realistic and often raw account of the physical and mental toll required to finish the race in less than seventeen days. The route, the conditions, the gear, the strategy, the training, the mental struggles, the embarrassing moments, and the physical battle are all described throughout a story that offers a genuine look into what was experienced and felt throughout the ultimate test of mountain bike endurance.

In addition, Just Ride summarizes data that was collected before, during, and following the race. The huge amount of collected data tell a story of how the body broke down and how it remarkably adapted to the 2,725-mile ordeal. The book also details how the mind was central to creating and breaking down the barriers that impeded progress each day.

About Ty Hopkins

Ty Hopkins is an ordinary bike enthusiast who loves the outdoors and a good adventure. He has been racing bikes as an amateur over the last twenty years, and he has spent the last five years racing ultra-endurance mountain bike events. Ty is also a professor and exercise scientist who studies movement mechanics and compensatory movement strategies associated with injury. He has published widely in the exercise sciences, and he still practices occasionally as a certified athletic trainer. Above all, Ty loves spending time with his family, looking for adventure in the mountains of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and New Mexico.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on November 05, 2019

Listening via Audible - was a great mental game, and he suffered through it (physically). I skipped the chapter about 'data' and 'physical toll' - lots of useless facts. I was keen to hear about the ride/race - but more about the event/scenery - rather than the science. One criticism (from a listener......more

Goodreads review by Jackie on March 29, 2022

I bought this book thinking it may be like Scott Jurek's book "North", which I found inspiring. This book was the exact opposite of inspiring. Prior to reading this I had some interest in biking some of the divide bike trail. But midway thorough the book, I lost all interest in the trail. I realize t......more

Goodreads review by Christine R. Boule on June 06, 2020

Great read. I admire your tenacity and the will to keep going even when you were exhausted and drained. You are a strong willed man Who will NOT accept defeat. Your endurance was amazing. May God bless you in all your future endeavors Christine Boule Boulechsd@embarqmail.com Punta Gorda Fkorida......more

Goodreads review by Kendra on April 14, 2021

Avid competitive cyclists will enjoy This was a very honest journal of an epic cycling adventure. It’s very much a daily diary of his ride. He really gets into the weeds on gear, training, and physical, emotional and psychological difficulties.......more

Goodreads review by Mitch on March 23, 2021

It was much more interested than I anticipated. Amazing how someone could ride for so long and far.......more