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“‘To move into the lead means making an act requiring fierceness and confidence,’ Roger Bannister once noted. ‘But fear must play some part ... no relaxation is possible, and all discretion is thrown to the wind.’”
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“Ultra god Scott Jurek summed up the Young Guns’ unofficial creed with a quote from William James he stuck on the end of every e-mail he sent: ‘Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never pushed through the obstruction.’”
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“And the cost of those injuries? Fatal disease in epidemic proportions. ‘Humans really are obligatorily required to do aerobic exercise in order to stay healthy, and I think that has deep roots in our evolutionary history,’ Dr. Lieberman said. ‘If there’s any magic bullet to make human beings healthy, it’s to run.’”
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“I kept thinking about Eric’s advice—’If it feels like work, you’re working too hard.’”
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