Flying Scotsman: Cycling to Triumph Through My Darkest Hours

by Obree, Graeme

• ISBN13: 9781931382724
• ISBN10: 1931382727
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-09
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Sporting success in the shadow of a manic depressive illness describes of the life of Graeme Obree. Flying Scotsman, an autobiographical account of the sporting life of Obree, begins with his troubled childhood in Ayrshire, where he found escape on the roads. With great candor and humor, Obree tells his own story of what it took to escape a life of despair to become a world record breaker. 'This is one of the best and moving sports books I have read.' - Alstair Campbell, The Times

Table of Contents

FOREWORD BY FRANCESCO MOSER	ix
FOREWORD BY JOHN WILCOCKSON	xi
1 MY EARLY YEARS	1	(18)
2 COMING OF AGE	19	(13)
3 COSMOS CYCLES ERA	32	(12)
4 ISOLATION AND DEPRESSION	44	(13)
5 SPAIN AND BEYOND	57	(14)
6 THE CHAOTIC YEARS	71	(13)
7 BUSINESS AS USUAL	84	(8)
8 ONWARD AND UPWARD	92	(16)
9 THE BIG TEST	108	(12)
10 MAKING IT DOUBLE	120	(12)
11 THE POWER OF THE RAINBOW	132	(19)
12 IT'S TAKE-BACK TIME	151	(11)
13 LOSING MY GRIP	162	(17)
14 HERE COMES SUPERMAN	179	(20)
15 SEARCH FOR OLYMPIC GOLD	199	(19)
16 DARKNESS AND DAWN	218	(20)
APPENDIX	238