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Ultra-Something

By: Brendan Leonard
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In this quirky deep dive, Outside Magazine columnist Brendan Leonard explores humans’ weird proclivity for endurance, and how we express it—including, but not limited to distance running, factory work, benign masochism, improv comedy, and rooting for the Buffalo Bills.

©2024 Brendan Leonard (P)2024 Brendan Leonard
Extreme Sports Running & Jogging Sports
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Like reading his comics in book form!

His experience is inspiring but this book seems disconnected— there were several very interesting anecdotes that were hard to connect to the story he was telling. I bought ti for a long car ride but ended up just listening to it while running.

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the answer for "What is ultra running?"

I thoroughly enjoyed this book—in fact, I bought both the print and audiobook versions. It’s one of my favorite books about running. While I'm not quite inspired to get barefoot shoes and embrace an indigenous lifestyle, the book is incredibly entertaining and relatable. I don’t think another book captures the ultra-running experience quite as well. Like you, I’m just another worker rat chasing a Fruit Loop.

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Everybody does something..

Humble, hardcore, and humor - what's not to like? Greatful to get to follow along on the Ultra journey. For those of us who have never participated, you may even be momentarily convinced you want to do it too. In my reality at least, I'll happily live vicariously on this one. Thanks for the audio book version, loved it.

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Can’t go wrong with semi-rad!

I’m a long time fan. This book is a hilarious and refreshing look at ultra running. It’s honest and funny and makes you think deeper than you’d expect. It’s a serious and not so serious look at why people do the sport.

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Pretty Ok

The narration was a bit slow and monotone in my opinion played at 1.5x though it was perfect.

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