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A diverse cast of non-professional runners attempt the extraordinary by pushing themselves to complete the most difficult ultra-marathon race series on Earth. Their dramatic journey takes them across picturesque yet brutal landscapes, pushing their bodies, hearts and spirits.
Director: Jennifer Steinman
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Consider helping the cause of Racing The Planet, an organisation that has donated more than $750,000 to Operation Smile, a charity providing reconstructive surgery for children born with facial deformities.
Visit Endurance Athlete for extensive information on endurance training.
Push beyond your perceived limitations and challenge yourself to do something you think is “too difficult.”
Read the American Psychological Association’s publication The Road to Resilience with tips on how to handle life’s hardships, whether physical or psychological.
“Meet Samantha Gash, a woman who is literally blazing a trail around the world. This Australian powerhouse became the first female, and youngest person ever to complete The 4 Desert Race Series grand slam in one year in 2010. It’s a marathon not for the faint-hearted, and not many people would even bother trying.”
Read the full Girl Talk HQ interview.
TIME lists the top 10 tests of human endurance here.
“Endurance athletes tend to be people who seek greater challenges than the average person and like the idea of constantly exploring their mental and physical limits. ”
Read more about these extraordinary people here.
“From club runners to Olympians, every athlete has a limit. Scientifically, this limit is defined as the body’s lactate threshold and when you exercise beyond it, running rapidly becomes unpleasant. However, there is one man whose physiological performance defies all convention: Dean Karnazes is an ultrarunner from California and, at times, it seems as if he can run forever.”
“At a certain level of intensity, I do feel like I can go a long way without tiring,” he says. “No matter how hard I push, my muscles never seize up. That’s kind of a nice thing if I plan to run a long way.”
Read The Guardian article here.
“Six-time Hawaii Ironman World Champion Mark Allen was recently voted ESPN’s “Greatest Endurance Athlete of all time.” But for Mark, it wasn’t always that way. ”
Here are six lessons the Ironman learned from the shaman, which you can apply to any of your goals in life.”
Women are very quickly becoming the fastest growing segment of endurance athletes, there are some short-term and long-term negative health consequences that you’d do well to keep track of. Read about them here.
“Chrissie Wellington did not even discover sport until her early twenties. Now, the civil servant from rural Norfolk is the greatest female endurance athlete on the planet. Here, she describes the sacrifices she has made for ironman triathlon and why they are all worthwhile”
Read the full interview here.
“I am not a runner myself, but I am fascinated by the mindset of these athletes.”
Read the full interview here.
