Heft on Wheels: A Field Guide to Doing a 180

Heft on Wheels: A Field Guide to Doing a 180

A few years ago, the closest Mike Magnuson thought he would get to participating in a sporting event was sitting in the local bar, slamming pitchers of beer and watching the NFL playoffs on TV. He was thirty-eight years old, smoked a pack a day, drank a case or two of beer a week, and carried 250 pounds of weight on his five-foot-ten-inch frame. Getting on a bicycle for a peddle around the block could have been dangerous in his condition, let alone trying to keep up with a group of racer-fit riders for forty-five miles at a clip, but that is just what Mike decided to do. He was sick of it allâ€”the booze, the cigarettes, and the heft. He could have been seriously hurt. But he wasnâ€™t. In Mikeâ€™s words, he was merely â€œhanded his proverbial fat ass on a platterâ€ three times a week and kept coming back for more.

Heft on Wheels charts in hilarious detail every curve in Mike Magnusonâ€™s 180-degree journey from the big guy at the back of the pack to the lean, mean racing machine setting the pace for the group. Along the way we meet his friends, colleagues, and family and learn how even a healthy obsession can have its uphill climbs. For a start thereâ€™s the starvation diet and the nicotine patches, not to mention the skin-tight XXL cycling outfit and the insanely unrealistic goal of completing the Bridge to Bridge Incredible Cycling Challengeâ€”proudly billed as â€œ100 Miles of Pure Hillâ€â€”within the year. Yet, through it all, Mike never loses his sense of humor (though after having a quick conversation with God on one particularly grueling hill, he does believe he has come within spitting distance of losing his mind).

Filled with triumph, heartbreak, and hilarity, Heft on Wheels is an unforgettable book about getting from one place to another, in more ways than one.

Country	USA
Author	Mike Magnuson
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Random House
Department	unisex-adult
EAN	9781400052400
Edition	First Edition
Feature	Heft On Wheels (hardcover)
ISBN	1400052408
Label	Harmony
Manufacturer	Harmony
MPN	9781400052400
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	256
PartNumber	9781400052400
PublicationDate	2004-06-15
Publisher	Harmony
ReleaseDate	2004-06-15
SKU	G1400052408I4N00
Studio	Harmony

Heft on Wheels: A Field Guide to Doing a 180

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