Race Across A MindCompanion

Companion

The digital layer of Race Across A Mind. The book’s photographs, in colour and full size, the ones that didn’t fit on its pages, and the numbers from the inside.

Each Part gathers the images from its chapter. The analysis recovers what the watch recorded across the twelve days.

Part I

The Origin

Where it all began — upside down.

Part II

Qualifying

The races that opened the door.

Part III

The Build

Getting the body, the crew and the machine ready.

Part IV

The Race

Twelve days on the road, Oceanside to Annapolis.

Part V

The Finish

The City Dock, and the first table.

Epilogue

After the Finish

The crew, the people who believed, and the names that crossed America with us.

Appendices

The post-race analysis

The numbers from the inside: the thermal arc, the climbing, the three speeds, HRV and recovery — in charts.

Soundtrack

The music of the book

From the Origin to the Epilogue, in the order of the story. Those marked ✦ appear in the text.

Opening

  1. Morricone: O Amor a PortugalEnnio Morricone, Dulce Pontes
  2. My HeroFoo FightersFor him. The crossing was dedicated to my father.
  3. Muito Orgulho, Meu PaiGabriel O Pensador
  4. Wish You Were HereIncubus

Part I — The Origin

  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Live)Pink Floyd
  2. Cavalos de CorridaUHF
  3. Walk of LifeDire Straits
  4. AtomicBlondie
  5. Wake Me Up When September Ends ✦Green DayCh. 3 — the chapter’s title.
  6. Butterflies & HurricanesMuse
  7. Tour de France (Live)Kraftwerk
  8. Born To Be WildSteppenwolf
  9. Best of YouFoo Fighters
  10. So Beautiful It HurtsFurious FossilsThe unofficial anthem of Norseman.
  11. AlivePearl Jam

Part II — Qualifying

  1. À Minha ManeiraXutos & Pontapés
  2. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)The Proclaimers
  3. Entre dos tierrasHéroes del Silencio
  4. Sky and SandPaul & Fritz Kalkbrenner
  5. Final FrontierThomas Bergersen
  6. Lonely BoyThe Black Keys
  7. … O corpo é que paga ✦António VariaçõesCh. 10 — a 10% climb late in the afternoon.
  8. Kryptonite3 Doors Down
  9. My BodyYoung the Giant

Part III — The Build

  1. Parallel UniverseRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  3. Tropa de EliteTihuana
  4. Can’t StopRed Hot Chili Peppers
  5. Frontside 360Thomas Frinking
  6. Acorda PedrinhoJovem Dionisio

Part IV — The Race

  1. Lose Yourself ✦EminemCh. 16 — the start: the one shot.
  2. Till I CollapseEminem, Nate Dogg
  3. Song 2Blur
  4. La GrangeZZ Top
  5. Let The Bad Times RollThe Offspring
  6. Fortunate SonCreedence Clearwater Revival
  7. Melhor de Mim ✦MarizaCh. 17 — the Mariza that came up on the playlist, in Kansas.
  8. Troubles A’ CominThe Rolling Stones
  9. Fly AwayLenny Kravitz
  10. The Kids Aren’t AlrightThe Offspring
  11. Sultans of SwingDire Straits
  12. Start Me Up ✦The Rolling StonesCh. 18 — the crew’s evening, windows down.
  13. Highway to Hell ✦AC/DC
  14. Thunderstruck ✦AC/DC
  15. The Final Countdown ✦Europe
  16. Wild Horses ✦The Rolling StonesCh. 18 — requested for the last climb before Town Hill.

Part V — The Finish

  1. A Montanha na Mão ✦Ruben PortinhaCh. 19 — our anthem, in Annapolis.
  2. My Hero (Live at the Pantages)Foo Fighters
  3. O Primeiro Dia (Live)Sérgio Godinho
  4. A Minha CasinhaXutos & Pontapés
  5. Quero é ViverHumanos

Epilogue

  1. Contentores ✦Xutos & PontapésA container still to unpack.
  2. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)Green Day
  3. A Gente Vai ContinuarJorge PalmaThe wheel keeps turning.
In the press

The book out there

SIC Notícias · 20 Sep 2026

“I never left this adventure behind”

Three years after the crossing, Race Across America returns in writing. (In Portuguese.)

Jornal Económico · 21 Sep 2026

What an extreme crossing teaches about leadership

Interview: what goes on in the head of someone who rides for twelve days straight. (In Portuguese.)

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