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Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :

Wow.... I like to run. But this is out there...

One Recipe for Happiness? Run 262 Miles

I think I'll set my limit at a marathon.

Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :

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I ran clear to the ocean. When I got there, I figured, since I gone this far, might as well turn around and keep on going.
-Forest Gump

Posted by Audeo (Member # 5130) on :

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Despite "pretty severe blisters, losing a toe nail as well
as temporarily going blind," he made it.

One has to wonder about how healthy this is, then again

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His wife Julie puts it more
simply: "Just look at him: He's so happy."

I guess if it makes him happy. I always thought 5k was close enough to hell for me.

Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :

Dude:

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In 2002 he joined a group of runners to attempt a marathon
at the South Pole. The 12-day trip turned into a month but
despite frostbite and ferocious conditions, he made it.

That's just... Dude.

Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :

Only a little over 3000 miles to go before he's as cool as Terry Fox. 'Course, Terry did it on one leg having lost the other to cancer and literally ran until caner killed him.

But, uh, go this dude!

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

Dude. He must be some kind of superman.
I can't even run a few feet without getting tired.
Impressed.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

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sometimes putting the kids to bed on a Friday
night, setting out for a hot spring 70 miles from home and
meeting the family there in the morning.

That sounds so cool! [Cool]

I wish I was in that kind of shape. Well and I'd bike instead of run of course but still...

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :

These ultra runners are a bread of their own. We have a couple in my running group. Don’t really think they’re in any better shape then a marathoner. After some point it’s just mental and when your body just gives out. Seems to be the consensus among the rest of the runners that the ultra runners are just crazy. Then again, runners in general get called crazy so often so what’s the difference.

Personally I think the ones who are in the better shape are the triathlon athletes. Doing an Ironman has to be the ultimate in conditioning. You’re doing three different events that require totally different kinds of energy and endurance.