A Mile at a Time: A Father and Sons Inspiring Alzheimers Journey of Love, Adventure, and Hope
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
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Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
A Mile at a Time: A Father and Sons Inspiring Alzheimers Journey of Love, Adventure, and Hope
An inspiring memoir about a father and son entering World''s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji despite one of them battling Alzheimers.
Travis and Mace have touched a generation of families around the world with their courage, resilience and kindness.
--Bear Grylls, star of Man vs. Wild and host of Worlds Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
Watching Mark and Travis Macy compete together for Eco-Challenge Fiji was a true inspiration. Traviss selfless act of taking his father on what may be his last race is a story that anyone can relate to and what we need more of these days.
--Mark Burnett, chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group; creator and producer of Survivor, The Apprentice, and Worlds Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
In October 2018, Mark Mace Macy, sixty-four years old, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimers disease. Mace had spent thirty years competing in Colorado and around the world in ultra-endurance competitions and is one of the few people who have finished all eight Eco-Challenge events. Once diagnosed, Mace feared losing endurance, strength, and independence.
Mace''s son Travis, also a professional endurance athlete, also struggled to see his father battling the disease. In 2019 they decided to participate in World''s Toughest Racea seven-day, grueling 400-mile marathon of trekking, climbing, biking, and paddling through the junglefor one final race together.
Weaving excerpts from Mace''s passionate personal journals alongside a first-person narrative by Travis, A Mile at a Time tells the story of this incredible journey and what both father and son learned along the way.
A powerful story about livingand thrivingwith a disease that impacts nearly six million Americans. This timely, and deeply moving father-son adventure sheds light on the hard truths of this disease while giving readers hope of all that still can be achieved.
Travis and Mace have touched a generation of families around the world with their courage, resilience and kindness.
--Bear Grylls, star of Man vs. Wild and host of Worlds Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
Watching Mark and Travis Macy compete together for Eco-Challenge Fiji was a true inspiration. Traviss selfless act of taking his father on what may be his last race is a story that anyone can relate to and what we need more of these days.
--Mark Burnett, chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group; creator and producer of Survivor, The Apprentice, and Worlds Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
In October 2018, Mark Mace Macy, sixty-four years old, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimers disease. Mace had spent thirty years competing in Colorado and around the world in ultra-endurance competitions and is one of the few people who have finished all eight Eco-Challenge events. Once diagnosed, Mace feared losing endurance, strength, and independence.
Mace''s son Travis, also a professional endurance athlete, also struggled to see his father battling the disease. In 2019 they decided to participate in World''s Toughest Racea seven-day, grueling 400-mile marathon of trekking, climbing, biking, and paddling through the junglefor one final race together.
Weaving excerpts from Mace''s passionate personal journals alongside a first-person narrative by Travis, A Mile at a Time tells the story of this incredible journey and what both father and son learned along the way.
A powerful story about livingand thrivingwith a disease that impacts nearly six million Americans. This timely, and deeply moving father-son adventure sheds light on the hard truths of this disease while giving readers hope of all that still can be achieved.
- | Author: Mark Mace Macy
- | Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
- | Publication Date: Mar 14, 2023
- | Number of Pages:
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- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9781623545550
- | ISBN-10: 1623545552
- Author:
- Mark Mace Macy
- Publisher:
- Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
- Publication Date:
- Mar 14, 2023
- Binding:
- Hardback
- ISBN-13:
- 9781623545550
- ISBN10:
- 1623545552