A Mid Life Less Ordinary

From Ultramarathon Insanity to Rowing the Atlantic at Fifty

Peter Wright, Steve Wright (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2025
Pitch Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
9781801509657 (ISBN)

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Aged 40, Peter Wright ran his first marathon. The fuse was lit and his passion for endurance challenges took him to the world’s most inhospitable environments, raising more than £100k for charity. Then, nearing 50, came the ultimate test: rowing the Atlantic Ocean. This book shows why age is no barrier to pushing beyond your imagined limits.

The inspirational and relatable real-life story of how accountant Peter Wright transformed himself from being mildly active to an endurance event extraordinaire.

Foreword from Rory Coleman, the UK’s leading ultramarathon coach.

Forty is the age when people tend to wind things down to a life a bit more ordinary. Not Peter. Having put his questionable athletic ability and mild asthma to one side, he catches the running bug and completes the London Marathon. Only, this isn’t the end of the story. Instead, it provides the springboard for a passion for endurance challenges.

Follow Peter as he:

Crosses desert, tropical rainforest and Arctic tundra, to raise more than £100,000 for charity
Completes the Marathon des Sables, the Jungle Ultra, the Western States 100, the Cape Wrath Ultra and many other gruelling challenges
Runs a marathon while dragging a car
Takes the ultimate test while nearing 50: rowing the Atlantic Ocean on a very small boat with his friend and fellow adventurer, Steve Hayes

Inspiring, hilarious and jaw-dropping, this book shows what you can achieve if you put your mind to it, and why age – and a lack of athletic ability – is no barrier to pushing beyond your imagined limits.

Peter Wright has undertaken some of the world’s most challenging endurance events. In addition to rowing the Atlantic, he has completed the Marathon des Sables, the Jungle Ultra, the Western States 100, the Cape Wrath Ultra and many more. Steve Wright is Pete’s brother. He has spent his professional career in publishing as an editor, writer and sub-editor. He co-wrote In the Shadows with former footballer David Stocks.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.06.2025
Verlagsort	Hove
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Leichtathletik / Turnen
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
ISBN-13	9781801509657 / 9781801509657
Zustand	Neuware