079. Craig Thornley, Western States race director | Western States, the growth of the sport, the culture and spirit of ultra running
Running long - A trail and ultra running talk
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The Spirit of Ultra Running
The mental part of 100 mile mountain races is the most compelling to me. I think it's what's attractive to a lot of runners. They get to do something really hard and life in general is not that hard. There's so much support. If you don't have a job, you're not necessarily going to be living in a cardboard box. So using ultra is to kind of artificially make it harder. Humans love that. We got to be challenged. Love being. Yeah.
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