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Ultramarathoner Answers Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

[bobbykane-fearn]

having just ran my first marathon, i can safely say this man is clinically insane

[KhaosTy]

"I assume no one becomes an ultramarathoner overnight"

Proceeds to tell the story of how he quite literally became an ultramarathoner overnight.

[bombaya]

Jim: "Short distance, like a 10k."
Me:🚑

[trevor]

This guy's body is in constant state of running. He looks like he's mid marathon just sitting there.

[danielrock]

“Run if you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must” is such a raw line

[eliseerickson]

this man really admitted to giving a hallucinated scooby doo villain water and laughed it off

[aronhegedus]

"noone becomes an ultra marathoner overnight"

Dean: Well actually when I was 30...

[jyavant]

The dude looks like he just came to Wired after doing a marathon

[Jopeymessmusic]

Will I ever run an ultramarathon? No. An I fascinated by an expert that does? Yes.

[Lucas.jp]

"Listen to everyone, follow no one." That's good stuff...

[rogue]

This guy can literally run forever, his body clears Lactic Acid buildup as it’s created. He was on the show Superhumans, they explain all the body processes

[conman]

This dude's tibias are probably made of diamond by now

[NewInkFoHalo]

10:57 “Listen to everyone, follow no one.”

That is some straight up wisdom.

[bjaramovic]

Dean Karnazes is a living legend in the running/ultrarunning communities. I'm so glad he's going mainstream! He is such an incredible and wise character, with a great sense of humor to match. Go Dean!

[MollyTheLag]

this dude really said "Im gonna go run 30 miles k bye" and just became a marathon runner.
Thats what i call built different

[maisetas]

definitely something in the genes. i trained 3 months for first marathon and it was very very very difficult and painful after 35k. cannot imagine lactate build up after 30miles without zero training and being drunk?

[lyrad]

"Ive run for 81 hours"... ive got to give it to people that can do this when most of us can feel our soul evaporating after running for 30 sec.

[pmm]

I drove an ultramarathon once, it was rough but luckily my A/C worked just fine

[The_Liam_Radakovich]

I did a 2 mile race today for cross country and had a 7, 38 time average mile time. I felt proud until I realize people run that pace for marathons all the time. I'm still happy though, I've improved a mile every week so I'm happy.

[Blex]

The story of how he started was giving me Forrest Gump energy.