1. The relentless wind: Alaska's western coast, March 2015 -- 2. Growing old along the great divide: Tour Divide mountain bike race, June 2015 -- 3. Hard-fought failures: Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, August 2015 -- 4. Pursuit of experience: Jay P's Backyard Fat Pursuit, January 2016 -- 5. Giving up, then giving in: final preparations for the Iditarod Trail invitational -- 6. Whisked into the wilderness: ITI day one, Knik to Finger Lake -- 7. How did this become my life? ITI days two and three, Finger Lake to Rohn -- 8. The boundless night: ITI days four and five, Rohn to McGrath -- 9. Bumps along the way: ITI days six and seven, McGrath to Innoko -- 10. Somewhere in Innoko: ITI days seven and eight, Innoko to Ruby -- 11. The mighty Yukon: ITI days nine and ten, Ruby to Kaltag -- 12. My best day on a bike, ever: ITI days eleven and twelve, Kaltag to Shaktoolik -- 13. Hello, North wind. We meet again: ITI days thirteen and fourteen, Shaktoolik to Koyuk -- 14. Gratitude: ITI days fifteen and sixteen, Koyuk to White Mountain -- 15. The saga of Jason Mackey's ski pole: ITI day seventeen, White Mountain to Nome -- Chapter 16. Epilogue: lingering at the finish, March 2016 -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Other books by Jill Homer.