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#205 – Zach Bitter: Ultramarathon Running

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Prefontaine

Prefontaine has the perfect story of like he wanted to be good at something you like most American kids tried football was no no hard work was gonna get Prefontaine starting in varsity for football starts running. His college coach told him no you're not gonna be a mileer you're gonna be a 5k guy and he popularized the 5k in the United States for three mile in some cases. The way he would race I think is what really made him interesting for folks where he's just like an all guts runner who wouldn't lead from the front.

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