Addiction

The impulse to addiction, this wr the way that wired. It doesn't have to all be bad. I think a, it's important to frame adiction in the context of behaviors that are a leading towards some negative outcome in your life. Yes, i mean, there's an escapest element to it, i think. But what's particular to endurance sports, especially ultra endurance sports, is you your you're forced to spend an unbelievable amount of time alone. And so that's possible with the same mechanism that drives people to all the things you mention prior, the same mechanism can kick in and get you addicted to those things.

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