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#205 – Zach Bitter: Ultramarathon Running

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Muscle of Never Quit Is More Important Than the Optimization of Your Training

The San Diego hundred mile is a much more elevation technical trail type of an event. It goes over part of the Pacific Crest trail and stuff so it's very different than running on a runnable surface. Zach says he learned that sometimes you kind of need to step away from some of these really important markers in your performance or in whatever you're trying to do. The motivation to keep that stoke high enough to really meet your full potential fades if you don't step away from it for a little bit.

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