The Year -- Dave Barter

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Title: The Year
Author: Dave Barter
Narrator: Saethon Williams
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
Release date: 04-12-19
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Sports History

Publisher's Summary: In 1939 British cyclist Tommy Godwin cycled 75,065 miles in a single year. Think about that for a second: it’s an average of over 200 miles each day. And it’s a mark that still stands after almost 80 years. In The Year, Dave Barter resurrects the legend of the year record - a challenge nearly as old as bicycles themselves - and the cyclists who pushed themselves to establish and break it. Barter uncovers the stories behind these riders who would routinely cycle over a hundred miles a day in the race to set new records. Americans such as John H.