Against the Wind: A Rider's Account of the Incredible Iron Butt Rally (Incredible Journeys Books)
by Ron Ayres

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Book Review: If the maximum Amazon rating is 5 stars, this one is a 6!
Summary: 5 Stars

This book is a MUST read for anyone interested in nuturing their Walter Mitty streak buried beneath years of family responsibilities and too many hours spent listening to NPR rather than living the Dream.

The author's writing style is so refreshingly clear and embracing, readers will feel they are riding along behind Ron Ayres on his BWM motorcycle as he races from checkpoint to checkpoint, and covers 12,000 miles in 11 days around the country.

This book is not so much about motorcycles and those who ride them as it is about each of us striving to achieve our personal "best". In the Iron Butt Rally, participants of both sexes, from their 20's to their 70's, holders of "day jobs" ranging from grandmothers and corporate VP's to shopkeepers and computer geeks race against the same two clocks we all face every day --the external one ticking away at our respective "checkpoints" (at the office, school, or home) and the internal one that tells us how much stamina we have left before throwing in the towel.

Some of the BEST writing I have ever read.

If you're over 50, and haven't read this, you will have missed something. Even if you're not, it makes a terrific gift for those of us who are!

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