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The Comrades Marathon is a 55-mile race in South Africa that's billed as "the ultimate human race." Here's what I learned from preparing and completing it.
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What Ultra Running Can Teach You About
Life
@bmorrissey
The plan
1. The basics.II. 5 lessons from Comrades.III. Final takeaways.
I. The basics
How to get started
1. Run around the block or a nearby park.2. Realize you’re out of shape.3. Run at a pace you can speak easily. This will be slow.4. Add no more than 10% each week.5. Make it a habit.
3 secrets to success
1. Some natural ability.2. Focused practice.3. Perseverance.
Training plan
1. 7 months2. 1,100 miles/70mpw3. 3 marathons/1 50k4. Back-to-back long runs5. Focus on recovery
Lesson 1: Set a big goal
2. Nothing is impossible.
Lesson 3: Chip away
Lesson 4: Vasbyt
“Once you have run an ultramarathon like the Comrades, any failures you have experiences are no longer that important.”
Lesson 5: Success looks a lot easier...
Than it really is
Really
III. 5 Lessons
1. Planning is necessary, but ultimately insufficient.2. Learn to enjoy the process more than the result.3. Failure is inevitable and ultimately beneficial.4. Know things won’t always get worse.5. Really hard things are messy.
