The Art of the Death March

e used to have a saying about running ultras, “You can only gain minutes, but you can lose hours.” Maybe that old saw is still around. If it isn’t, it should be. It holds a lot of truth as an “either-or” choice. It holds truth when running 8:30 min/mile instead of 9 min/mile, only to end up struggling through 30-minute miles rather than 12 min/mile. It holds truth when you don’t take 5 minutes to fix a hot spot and instead spend