Unfinished Business: The Inspirational Story of True Grit and Determination as Dex Tooke and His Crew Attempt to Conquer the Race Across AmericaWhere am I? What is going on? Who are all those people outside?Joni replied, You are in a bicycle race. The race is called RAAM..Baby, you just need to get on your bike and ride. "Em screamed, "Oh my God! Oh my God! He's been hit!" "There is a dark side to RAAM, a side only those who have been there know exists." My RAAM is over. I have let everyone down.. I dont deserve to finish RAAM "What I saw, I still get chill bumps thinking about it, because the man took off. I mean, whoosh, he stood up on those pedals and took off." Ultra Race News Book Review http://www.ultraracenews.com/ |
Contents
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No Pressure at All | 23 |
Get Me Through the Desert People | 28 |
Yarnell Mingus and Oak Creek | 42 |
Wheres Bessie? | 56 |
Wolf Creek La Veta and Cuchara | 68 |
My Hallucinatory Friends | 86 |
The Magic Number 10 | 136 |
Beware the Appalachians | 148 |
Putting Flintstone to Rest | 156 |
Trying to Find It | 164 |
The RAAM Roll Call | 172 |
Epilogue | 181 |
Afterword From Dex | 183 |
Afterword from Joni | 187 |
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