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You Can Be Your Own Hero: The Dean Karnazes Story

Updated 01/12/07 3:40 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 5 comments

You Can Be Your Own Hero: The Dean Karnazes Story

Dean Karnazes is internationally known for his crazy feats of endurance and for pushing himself to reach one extreme goal after another. He's run 350 continuous miles, not sleeping for 3 nights straight. He's run across Death Valley in 126 degree heat and he's run a marathon to the South Pole in negative 40 degrees. On 7 different occasions, he's run a 200-mile relay race ALONE, racing Read more

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Interview With an Ultramarathoner: What It Takes to Run More Than a Marathon

Updated 07/26/11 2:40 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Interview With Ultramarathoner Deanna Stoppler

I run a few times a week, about 10 to 12 miles total, but I wouldn't consider myself a runner, especially not after interviewing Deanna Stoppler, an ultramarathoner. At 32 she has completed dozens of marathons and a handful of ultras — races that are longer than the typical 26.2 marathon distance. If you ever wondered what it takes to run such extreme distances, or why a person in their right Read more