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Faster

The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists

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By: Michael Hutchinson
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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For professional cyclists, going faster and winning are, of course, closely related. Yet surprisingly, for many, a desire to go faster is much more important than a desire to win. Someone who wants to go faster will work at the details and take small steps rather than focusing on winning. Winning just happens when you do everything right - it's the doing everything right that's hard. And that's what fascinates and obsesses Michael Hutchinson.

With his usual deadpan delivery and an awareness that it's all mildly preposterous, Hutchinson looks at the things that make you faster - training, nutrition, the right psychology - and explains how they work and how what we know about them changes all the time. He looks at the things that make you slower and why they do so and how attempts to avoid them can result in serious athletes gradually painting themselves into the most peculiar lifestyle corners.

Faster is a book about why cyclists do what they do; about what the riders, their coaches, and the boffins get up to behind the scenes; and about why the whole idea of going faster is such an appealing, universal instinct for all of us.

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Very Technical

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I listened to this one while working out. A great match.

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Great workout listen

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, what cyclist doesn't want tips to go faster? Train smarter not harder.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Faster?

Ice baths are evil... yippee!

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I'll try anything once

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Simon Vance was perfect! This book definitely fueled my ongoing quest for speed. Taught me a lot of what I shouldn't be doing as well as what I should be doing. It's peppered with humorous real life accounts and insight into what the biggest teams are doing in their quest for speed.

Great! A mix of humor, insight, & information

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Faster

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