Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Blood, Blisters, and Lots of Tears 1
Chapter 2 One Night in Jail Makes a Hard Woman Crumble 15
Chapter 3 Daddy's Girl 29
Chapter 4 My First Steps 35
Chapter 5 Disappearing One Bite at a Time 45
Chapter 6 Back to School 51
Chapter 7 Molested 55
Chapter 8 Learning to Be Tough on the Trail 61
Chapter 9 Becoming an Ultrarunner 67
Chapter 10 One Bite at a Time 75
Chapter 11 Running the Race I Shared with My Father 79
Chapter 12 The Long Walk 87
Chapter 13 On My Own 99
Chapter 14 Yosemite: My Second Home and a Chance at a New Life 107
Chapter 15 On the Road to Hell with My Love 117
Chapter 16 The John Muir Speed Record 129
Chapter 17 Cursing and Coasting on the Pacific Crest 141
Chapter 18 Dodging Death in Two Different Ways 155
Chapter 19 My Weiner-Sized Companions 163
Chapter 20 A Hundred Miles, A Hundred Times 173
Chapter 21 A Run for a Lifetime 185
Chapter 22 Another Year, Thanks to Running 197
Author's Note: My First Ultramarathon Dan England 205
Acknowledgments 215
