{"product_id":"a-mile-at-a-time-a-father-and-sons-inspiring-alzheimers-journey-of-love-adventure-and-hope-9781623545550","title":"A Mile at a Time: A Father and Sons Inspiring","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring memoir about a father and son entering\u003ci\u003e World''s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji\u003c\/i\u003e despite one of them battling Alzheimer?s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e?Travis and Mace have touched a generation of families around the world with their courage, resilience and kindness.?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eBear Grylls, star of\u003ci\u003e Man vs. Wild \u003c\/i\u003eand host of\u003ci\u003e World?s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ?Watching Mark and Travis Macy compete together for \u003ci\u003eEco-Challenge Fiji\u003c\/i\u003e was a true inspiration.Travis?s 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.? \u003cbr\u003e--Mark Burnett, chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group; creator and producer of \u003ci\u003eSurvivor, The Apprentice, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e World?s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn October 2018, Mark ?Mace? Macy, sixty-four years old, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer?s 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMace''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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving excerpts from Mace''s passionate personal journals alongside a first-person narrative by Travis, \u003ci\u003eA Mile at a Time\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of this incredible journey and what both father and son learned along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 readers hope of all that still can be achieved.","brand":"Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49084201206103,"sku":"9781623545550","price":22.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781623545550.jpg?v=1725551378","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-mile-at-a-time-a-father-and-sons-inspiring-alzheimers-journey-of-love-adventure-and-hope-9781623545550","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}