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MAKING PROGRESS Regular running is satisfying in itself.
Scott Jurek • Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
what if the starting point of building a lifelong happy runner is contemplation of the fragility of the human body and the finish line that awaits everyone, long before you’re forced to by injury or decline? What if affirmation of life comes most honestly from contemplation of death?
David Roche • The Happy Runner: Love the Process, Get Faster, Run Longer
Focus on the “runner’s five”: hamstrings, hip flexors,
Scott Jurek • Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
Hal Koerner's Field Guide to Ultrarunning: Training for an Ultramarathon, from 50K to 100 Miles and Beyond
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Running is a form of practiced stoicism. It means teaching your brain and body to be biomechanically comfortable in a state of disrepair.
Matthew Inman • the Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (The Oatmeal Book 5) the Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances
and the muscular exhaustion.” While respecting the athleticism of such events, he disqualifies 50-milers and stage runs from the category of ultra, as they will favor athletes who are well trained and gifted. The true ultrarunner must endure sleep deprivation and complete muscular fatigue. Only then can he or she “find energy after the fuel is gone
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Run 2,020 kilometers and raise $20,200 for charity along the way! Through training and racing of all distances.” —thecopper28
runnersworld.com • 8 Running Resolutions to Motivate Your 2020 Runs
You are not training to run an event. What you are training for is to live a long and productive life and maintain health optimally. For that there is no question that whatever is sustainable is the best type of training. —DR. TIM NOAKES
Mark Cucuzzella • Run for Your Life: How to Run, Walk, and Move Without Pain or Injury and Achieve a Sense of Well-Being and Joy
specific workouts that can be done at