reading suggestions?

[Tri Girl]

I just ordered 5 books from Amazon.com about cycling. The one I really can't wait to get my hands on is: Miles from Nowhere: A Round the World Bicycle Adventure. It's about a young couple who decides to ride their bikes all around the world- some 23,000 miles and all the adventures they had along the way. Happened back in the 70's or early 80's. Upon their return home, she was killed by a truck while training for a triathlon. She wrote the book, and I think her husband had is published after her death. I'm really excited to read about their adventures. Another one I ordered was: Hey Mom, Can I Ride My Bike Across America?: Five Kids Meet Their
Country about two teachers who take 5 students on a cross country cycling adventure. Hopefully that one will inspire me to ride my bike cross country one day (if a 12 year old can do it- surely I can).

I just finished reading Riding with the Blue Moth by Bill Hancock (summary here: http://www.ridingwiththebluemoth.com/pages/7/index.htm and http://www.ridingwiththebluemoth.com/pages/5/index.htm . It was an excellent read! I could hardly put it down. He writes in a sort of journal style. Each day is a chapter with his mileage, food he ate, time it took- then he tells all about each day's adventure. I couldn't wait to read about the next day.

Anyway- sorry that was so long. I love reading non-fiction FAR more than fiction (I can make up my own stories- I love to read real things ), and adventure stories are by far my favorite.

I checked out Heft on Wheels: How to do a 180 from the library, and I really didn't like it. His writing style bothered me. Too many run on sentences and fragments and such (being an English teacher doesn't help- I wanted to reach for my purple pen too much). I may give him another try, tho. I found his stories interesting, and wanted to read more.