Acknowledgments vii
Chapter 1. The Unpleasant Truth 1
Know Thine Enemy 5
Pick Apart Thine Enemy 12
Chapter 2. Gym Rat to Triathlete 25
Chapter 3. Broken, Never Breaking 43
Chapter 4. Discovering Love and Ultras 63
Photos 81
Chapter 5. What Are Ultra-Races Anyway? 91
If One Ironman Is Fun, Two Should Be Double Fun…Right? 100
Chapter 6. Race Across America 113
Welcome to Oceanside 120
Chapter 7. Dreaming Bigger and Bigger 141
Chapter 8. Epic 5 165
Day One: Kauai 171
Day Two: Oahu 182
Day Three: Moloka'i 187
Day Four: Maui 199
Day Five: Kona 209
The Aftermath 218
Conclusion 219