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A Mid Life Less Ordinary : From Ultramarathon Insanity to Rowing the Atlantic at Fifty - Peter Wright

A Mid Life Less Ordinary

From Ultramarathon Insanity to Rowing the Atlantic at Fifty

By: Peter Wright, Steve Wright

Paperback | 7 July 2025

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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.

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