Ultrarunning: You Don’t Have to Be Good to Feel Strong

Ultrarunning gives ordinary people a rare place to feel strong, capable and tested. You don’t have to be elite, or even particularly good at it, to experience that. I know because I’ve DNF’d plenty of 100 milers, and when I finally finished Zion 100, I was the last guy across the line.

Watching The Rookie with my son made me realize why that feeling matters so much. As adults, most of us lose the arenas where we get to find out what we’re made of. Maybe ultrarunning is one of the last ones we have left.

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00:00 You Don’t Have to Be Good at Ultrarunning01:03 What The Rookie Made Me Realize03:46 Adults Lose the Arena06:16 Stepping Back Into the Arena12:26 Finishing the Zion 10016:31 The Dignity of Ultrarunning20:17 Long Live the Local Ultra

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