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In Pursuit of Glory
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Read it Forward Read it first. I like the rawness of quotes with over flowing emotion. To me that just show how passionate he is about his sport and damn right why shouldn't he get the recognition for his hard work simply because it was tainted by someone else.
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Bradley gives his honest opinion on people who have helped and hindered him. He gives full credit to his team mates, family and friends. In this books you see Bradley Wiggens grow from a boy from Kilburn on the knife's edge, to finding his destiny amazing Olympic success, to in the close to page extension his amazing success in Again for more details in his later year read Bradley Wiggins: An Autobiography, but make sure you read this book first.
Aug 11, Margaret rated it it was ok. This was a gift - I'm not much of a fan of bio especially vanity projects like the ghosted "autobiography" of a sports star - so I'm not the target readership.
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I would give it 2. He talks about things I can't imagine wanting to share with the rest of the world which makes me feel uncomfortably voyeuristic and his tales abou This was a gift - I'm not much of a fan of bio especially vanity projects like the ghosted "autobiography" of a sports star - so I'm not the target readership. The style is clunky and uninvolving at times; it doesn't sound remotely like someone just talking to you "I stretched my long legs out" - I don't imagine he really thinks about himself like that but it is also too poorly written to be acceptable as a professionally written biography presented in the first person.
I think the author was striving for "in his own voice" - and missing as far as I am concerned. Yet I stayed up hours past a reasonable bed-time to read it so it clearly was engaging. Or maybe I wanted to see how it ends? He mentions that he met his wife through the national cycling championships but since he never talks about her except to present her as the love of his life and a hugely supportive partner he never explains how or why she stopped competing - assuming she did.
I don't suppose it's any of my business but I did want to know more about her story. The original was written after the Beijing Olympics and then there's some additional stuff about the next season or so included for the paperback edition. Bearing in mind what little I know of his career since then it is interesting to read his views on his chances in the Tour de France - as reported for public consumption, of course.
He states categorically that he has no chance of winning it but would like to get a stage or 2 before he retires. He doesn't even seem to be much of a contender on the tour at the point the book ends. He does correctly predict that a British rider will win it fairly soon though. However, it was a real anti-climax reading it after this summer of British sporting triumph! Might be worth waiting for the next edition. Although those of us that mostly follow road racing do not know much about Wiggins, he has been a very successful as a track rider since Unless they live near a velodrome, most Americans know little about track riding as it is never featured on American TV.
Nevertheless, the most interesting section of this book was the preparation Wiggins underwent to race in Individual Pursuit, Team Pursuit and Madison at the , and Olympics. I expect he will still be winning gold medals when London hosts the Olympics in Jan 15, Gumble's Yard rated it liked it Shelves: Well written albeit ghosted autobiography - painfully honest especially about his lack of feelings for his father, his drinking especially post Athens and his difficult relationship initially with the demanding and methodical Boardman.
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What shines through is: At the initial book's end in he is fully focused on London and a possible track triple albeit with 2 events not in the Olympics - he believes Team GB's track skills with government funding can deliver Tour success but only in years; in the 2 chapters in the paperback version his focus completely changes to Tour glory. Jul 30, Graham Tapper rated it really liked it.
This is actually the first half of Wiggins' biography and covers his life up to the Tour de France, which is actually included as a postscript to the paperback version so presumably didn't appear in the original hardback. The book covers far more of his personal life and especially his difficult relationship with his absentee father.
He tells of how his father influenced his life more by his absence than by his presence.
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When his father left the family it was his mother and grand-parents who This is actually the first half of Wiggins' biography and covers his life up to the Tour de France, which is actually included as a postscript to the paperback version so presumably didn't appear in the original hardback. When his father left the family it was his mother and grand-parents who raised him. However, his father's reputation as a hard-living, hard-drinking professional track cyclist was always going to have an effect on his own cycling career.
As with the second book, most of the story covers his cycling career and the high and low points. It is interesting that until his fourth place in the TdF, he continued to disregard any likelihood of his ever getting onto the podium, let alone winning this classic race. A very interesting read and insight into what drives this giant of cycling. Sep 04, Yassemin rated it it was ok Shelves: I really struggled with this. I initially enjoyed all the stuff in the beginning about his early life, how he got into cycling etc etc but after that it was just a repetition of winning competition after competition and it just all seemed a bit "samey" to me.
I like cycling thanks to my cyclist fanatic better half and have read a few books recommended to me by him but this one wasnt the best one. If you want something a lot more interesting Id suggest Lances first book or Dave Millar's autobiograph I really struggled with this. If you want something a lot more interesting Id suggest Lances first book or Dave Millar's autobiography. Aug 25, Gareth rated it really liked it. Great insight into what made Bradley the best cyclist that Britain has ever had. He shares the lows and highs along his journey from childhood days to top international cyclist.
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Pursuit of Glory is a great simulation which has great depth with a little more complexity than Paths of Glory. Some concepts like Jihad can be confusing at first but after 1 or 2 try, you get it. Rules are easy to remember. Some simpler games have much harder to remember rules, and this point is important for players like me who plays many games.
And most importantly game is very historically accurate while remaining very balanced which is very rare to see. Pursuit of Glory is a great game which also appears to be well balanced. It is nor more complex than it needs to be to depict the complexities of WWI in the Near East, and in some respects it is less complex than Paths- the Russian Revolution is a good example.
Perhaps people are confusing depth with complexity: I've played over 35 games and I'm still exploring the depths of this wonderful game.