a guy named Andy Magness, an adventure racer who once was based in North Dakota and now lives on New Zealand’s South Island. Early in his ultra-running career, Andy became accustomed to placing well in ultramarathons of fifty miles and adventure races that saw him spending anywhere from two to ten days traversing some of Earth’s most forbidding territories. Then in 2007, he became a father and faced increasing work commitments—a situation very similar to the one I described at the beginning of this book. Andy was unable to afford the ten to fifteen hours a week he’d previously devoted to his
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