UltraRunning Magazine

Fake It Till You Make It

aking it until you make it doesn’t seem like it would work in the sport of ultrarunning. After all, what could be more impervious to fakery or trickery, than slamming down a gnarly trail for hours on end? How do you fake having to take every step in a 100-mile race? A good crew and good pacers

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