Extreme Adventures : Tackling the World's Toughest Races With Grit and Humour

Extreme Adventures is a rocket-fueled, heartwarming journey throughcuriosity, self-doubt, reinvention, and improbable triumph, where every finishline is the next starting point. Emergingfrom a childhood where she skipped gym class and was mystified by mathematicsto a high-flying career in finance, on the outside, Beatrice Lessi seemed to beconquering the world. But inside, she was battling eating disorders andstruggling to find meaning in her life. Fast forward to her forties when on a whim Beatricesigns up for the Marathon des Sables, the grueling multi-day ultra race acrossthe Sahara Desert. No idea how to train or prepare. Zero athletic experience. Instead Beatrice competes in the toughest footrace on earth fueled by wildcuriosity and a hint of madness. Whatfollows is an outrageous, exhilarating, and soulful transformation that takesher to Everest Base Camp, the glaciers of Antarctica,and into the heart of ultra-endurance culture. Along the way, she proves that aperson doesn't need youth, talent, money, a perfectly healthy body, ormathematical brilliance to live adventurously-just curiosity, guts, and a senseof humour. ExtremeAdventuresinspires anyone who has been told they're too old, too unfit, or just not"sporty" enough by showing them how they can achieve any goal in life. Withlaugh-out-loud anecdotes, honest confessions, and bold inspiration, BeatriceLessi makes the reader believe that the best time to start is right now becauseit is never too late to seek adventure.