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

By Steve Wright

The inspirational and relatable real-life story of how financial officer 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 grueling 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1801509654
• ISBN13: 9781801509657
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages