Ebook: Hell on two wheels: an astonishing story of suffering, triumph, and the most extreme endurance race in the world

The race day scene -- The European onslaught -- The deepest field ever -- Day one: rolling -- Day two: digging in -- Day three: surprise! -- Crew control -- Days four and five: extreme extremes -- Day five: the Kansas crucible -- Days six and seven: collapse and resurrection -- Day seven: a race for the ages -- What fingerprint do you want to leave? -- Days eight and nine: marooned in Ohio -- Day nine: final ultimatum -- Days 10 and 11: tough love -- Day 12: guts and glory in Annapolis -- Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The 2009 solo field.;"Contestants have died, been maimed, and spiraled down into the nightmarish realm of madness. Half of them don't finish--in fact, only 200 racers have ever made it to the end. Outside magazine calls it "the toughest test of endurance in the world." RAAM (the Race Across America) is a bicycle race like no other. This epic race is the most brutal organized sporting event you've never heard of and one of the best-kept secrets in the sports world. Author Amy Snyder follows a handful of athletes before, during, and after the 2009 event, the closest and most controversial in history."--Publisher's blurb.