Can Your Body Handle An Extreme Endurance Race?

Stephanie Rheingold

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Let’s make one thing clear. Some people are built for running marathons, while others are built for watching marathons of Mad Men on Netflix.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t have goals, and that with a little training, one of those goals could be finishing an extreme endurance event — or Show More

Let’s make one thing clear. Some people are built for running marathons, while others are built for watching marathons of Mad Men on Netflix.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t have goals, and that with a little training, one of those goals could be finishing an extreme endurance event — or maybe just that cheese pizza.

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How do you identify?

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As a man.
As a woman.

How often do you exercise?

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Every single day.
Pretty often, but you like to take some rest days.
I exercise my right to not break a sweat.

What is your typical workout?

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Run! Run like the wind!
CrossFit. And everyone who knows you knows you do CrossFit.
Is doing “diddly squat” considered a leg exercise?
You like to lift heavy things and then put down heavy things.

After running two consecutive miles, you feel like:

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Can someone delete my browser history in case I never recover?
That was a great workout!
Two miles? That’s all that I have to do?

What pre-race meal would you like the best?

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A big plate of pasta.
Pizza — it's the circle of life.
A crisp and delicious salad.
A classic, just made really, really, big.

You’re stuck on an island. What’s the one thing you hope to find hidden under a palm tree, next to a lizard?

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Your phone. You can’t live without your phone.
Ooh! A lizard! How fun! What was the question again?
An unlimited supply of food and water.
It’s beer o’clock.

When the going gets tough, you:

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Give up and get going...to the kitchen to get more snacks and then start a new series on Netflix.
Buck up and conquer that challenge like a bull charging a matador. Ole!
Try, try, again. And maybe cry. But at least you tried to get tough, right?

After doing 10 push-ups, you feel:

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Tired, but after a little break, you’ll be fine.
Nothing. You can feel nothing anymore but pain. And it took you 10 minutes.
PUMPED! Next time they’ll be one-armed push-ups!

You’re about to jump out of an airplane. Why?

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It’s on fire and there is no other option.
The rush, dude! Let’s do this!
It was on your bucket list, but now you’re just hoping you don’t kick the bucket.