Mark “Mace” Macy
Mark “Mace” Macy is a well-known and long-lived figure in the endurance sports world. He and his contemporaries pioneered ultra-running (defined as races of 50 kilometers to more than 100 miles) in the 1980s. In the 90s, he did the same for adventure racing. One of a few athletes to participate in eight Eco-Challenge adventure races, he is the only person to compete after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The father of Travis Macy, he was also a successful trial lawyer for decades.
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A Mile at a Time
- By: Mark “Mace” Macy
- Narrator: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: March 14, 2023
- Language: English
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This audiobook edition of A Mile at a Time includes additional insights after each chapter from author, Travis Macy, and a bonus track featuring poetry written and read by Travis Macy. In October 2018, Mark “Mace” Macy, sixty-four years old, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. He 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, he 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 Race—a seven-day, grueling 400-mile marathon of trekking, climbing, biking, and paddling through the jungle—for 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 living—and thriving—with 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 listeners hope of all that still can be achieved.
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