Your Mileage May Vary A Memoir eBook Kristine Goad
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"Discover the frontier within yourself."
"Fulfill your promise."
Who could resist such bold commands blasting out of a full two-page spread in the newspaper?
Kristine Goad couldn't. Despite the fact that she was an overweight twenty-eight year-old with asthma who did not own a bike, the giant ad convinced her to sign up for the GTE Big Ride Across America--a 3,254-mile bicycle journey from Seattle to Washington, D.C. to benefit the American Lung Association.
Nine months later, Kristine was among the 730 cyclists amassed at the foot of the Seattle Space Needle to embark on the journey of a lifetime and the largest cross-country bike event in U.S. history. Your Mileage May Vary is this novice cyclist's account of a summer spent crossing a continent--sometimes on a bike, sometimes on foot, and sometimes in a support vehicle--in search of an experience that would teach her something valuable about herself, her purpose, and her path forward. Filled with details of the towns, prairies, and mountain ridges these cyclists encountered, Your Mileage May Vary is more than just a travelogue. It is an honest, humorous, and sometimes frustrating meditation on the struggle for self-definition and the pursuit of a meaningful life.
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Your Mileage May Vary A Memoir eBook Kristine Goad
This was a delightful book to read, on several levels.First of all, a small disclaimer. I was one of the participants of the Big Ride that is documented in this book, and was (and am) friends with the author. So I am familiar with the ride Kristine was on, and with the events that she writes about. Still, reading the book was a real eye-opener into another rider's experience. Although there were 750 or so riders on this journey, every single one of them had a totally different experience.
Kristine is totally honest about her inexperience as a bicyclist. She's not pretending to be an elite athlete; she struggles with asthma throughout the ride and misses quite a few miles because of it. But her dogged determination to do her very best is reflected in how many obstacles she overcomes during the ride -- and there are many! She is open about the impact the Ride has on her life, her marriage, and her body. And as the Ride progresses, the experiences she has begin to affect her perception of the Ride, and of her place in it, and of how she interacts with the other riders.
She also writes about the logistics of moving a small city from town to town across the country: the (mis)management of several aspects of the ride (including the harrowing story of a freak snowstorm in Montana that put many riders in peril), a mysterious disappearance, and the emotional interactions between the riders. She introduces the reader to many of the other riders along the way, sharing some of their stories and the reasons they are on the ride.
What is really refreshing about Kristine's story is that she doesn't come to any profound conclusions as a result of her experience. Rather, it is an honest journal, chronicling the ride itself as well as the effects it had on her in the following years. The miles that flowed past beneath her tires were also ones that left an impact on her soul -- and that comes across beautifully in her writing.
I loved reading this book; Kristine has the ability to paint the landscape with her prose and make it come alive. She brings you right alongside her as she embraces her own limitations and tries to believe in the meaning of the pennies she finds on the road (it's a great story!).
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Your Mileage May Vary A Memoir eBook Kristine Goad Reviews
Kristine Goad has written a travelogue of her bicycle journey across the country. Her candor, her descriptive prose, and above all her gallantry in undertaking this grueling trip (in spite of asthma) makes excellent reading. Bravo!
The book is well written and edited. I give the author lots of credit for pursuing this adventure for a good cause (American Lung Association). But that's about all the good I can say about this book.
First, she only pedals about half the distance - she sags and spends lots of time in the van. Sometimes she sags for a good reason - others she seems too lazy or uninterested. She is a feminist, but then proceeds to let men carry her too-heavy bag, set up her tent for her, and fix her flat tires and bike issues. She signs up for a cross country tour not even knowing how to fix a flat tire. She was very unprepared for the journey and the miles and expected the ride organizers to bail her out repeatedly.
The worst part, however, was that even though she was married and her husband could not join her on the ride (he stayed at home and did both of their jobs), much of the book was about her "interest", her "flirting" and even "dating" another male participant. And he was married also. All of it made me uncomfortable. This is not something you share with the world - it's shameful. And joining in a charity ride across the United States and being unprepared and only doing about half the distance is disgraceful. I would not have the need to share that with anyone - but for some reason the author writes a book about it. Yes, she's a good writer. But her accomplishments pale with all the others that did the miles (and kept loyal to their spouse who wanted to go and couldn't). There's lots of good bike narratives out there - seek them out. I just finished Changing Gears by Vogel and it is wonderful. Maybe Goads title should have been, "Your Mileage May Vary - by Half!"
I really enjoyed reading this book! I love the author's writing style, and the way she allows her readers to experience the events along with her. She doesn't sugarcoat the numerous difficulties she had throughout the journey, but you still end up feeling like she triumphed in the end. In all, it's a very worthwhile read that will make you want to go out and attempt something that seems impossible.
(Full disclosure - I met the author shortly before she made this trip, and have been waiting years to read this book. It was worth the wait!)
I wanted to read about what it was like to cycle across America as part of a large tour. As the story began I wasn't very sympathetic toward the author. It seemed to me she hadn't fully prepared herself. As the miles went by, and I saw her story from her perspective of someone with serious asthma, her good and bad days made more sense. At the conclusion of the ride she had developed into a more complex character, and I appreciated her achievement in the context of her life.
This was a delightful book to read, on several levels.
First of all, a small disclaimer. I was one of the participants of the Big Ride that is documented in this book, and was (and am) friends with the author. So I am familiar with the ride Kristine was on, and with the events that she writes about. Still, reading the book was a real eye-opener into another rider's experience. Although there were 750 or so riders on this journey, every single one of them had a totally different experience.
Kristine is totally honest about her inexperience as a bicyclist. She's not pretending to be an elite athlete; she struggles with asthma throughout the ride and misses quite a few miles because of it. But her dogged determination to do her very best is reflected in how many obstacles she overcomes during the ride -- and there are many! She is open about the impact the Ride has on her life, her marriage, and her body. And as the Ride progresses, the experiences she has begin to affect her perception of the Ride, and of her place in it, and of how she interacts with the other riders.
She also writes about the logistics of moving a small city from town to town across the country the (mis)management of several aspects of the ride (including the harrowing story of a freak snowstorm in Montana that put many riders in peril), a mysterious disappearance, and the emotional interactions between the riders. She introduces the reader to many of the other riders along the way, sharing some of their stories and the reasons they are on the ride.
What is really refreshing about Kristine's story is that she doesn't come to any profound conclusions as a result of her experience. Rather, it is an honest journal, chronicling the ride itself as well as the effects it had on her in the following years. The miles that flowed past beneath her tires were also ones that left an impact on her soul -- and that comes across beautifully in her writing.
I loved reading this book; Kristine has the ability to paint the landscape with her prose and make it come alive. She brings you right alongside her as she embraces her own limitations and tries to believe in the meaning of the pennies she finds on the road (it's a great story!).
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