Ultra-Running: A marathon is no longer good enough

4 September 2010, 5:14 pm

If you thought marathons were tough, think again. A new breed of extreme runner is spurning the 26 miles that did for the Ancient Greek messenger Pheidippides, opting instead to run anything up to four times that distance – across deserts, up mountains or through jungles.... Read More »

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