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A Corinthian Endeavour - The Story of the National Hill Climb Championship (Paperback)
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A Corinthian Endeavour - The Story of the National Hill Climb Championship (Paperback)
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Every year on the last weekend of October the death knell of the
cycling season is sounded by the National Hill Climb Championship.
It's been won by luminaries like Brian Robinson, Chris Boardman and
Malcolm Elliott, and yet the story of the championship is one of
ordinary people doing extraordinary things, of amateur cyclists
prevailing against the professionals. It's a tale of obsession,
pain and asceticism - the key elements in the fight against the
insidious grasp of gravity.The violence of the race is set against
the beauty of the landscape, from the supernatural past of Pendle
Moor to the granite outcrops of Dartmoor, from the glacial High
Peak to the bucolic charms of the Cotswolds. It's an esoteric and
uniquely British event, a hymn to the clustered contours of this
island, sung by the Corinthian exponents of amateur sport. In an
era when cycling as a sport has never been more popular, this ideal
is more important than ever.A Corinthian Endeavour traces the full
history of the Championship event from its inception in 1944
through to 2014, and the incorporation of a Women's Championship
from 1998 onwards. It is illustrated with 28b/w and 21 colour
photographs.
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