EP 521: A Runner's High with Dean Karnazes
Trail Runner Nation
Trail Runner Nation
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
We all love a good story about trail running. In Dean Karnazes' latest book, "A Runners High - My Life in Motion", he tells stories that you will easily draw you in and might remind you of similar situations that you might have been in. The stories will make you laugh, questions our sanity as runner, and make you think about life and running.
Listen to Dean's previous episode, "Who is Dean Karnazes?"
Dean is an accomplished author of four other best sellers:
- UltraMarathon Man - Confessions of an All-Night Runner
- 50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days - and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!
- Run! 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss
- The Road to Sparta: Reliving the Ancient Battle and Epic Run That Inspired the World's Greatest Footrace
To learn more about Dean, visit his web site: Ultramarathonman.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Dean, why do you run? |
| 0:06.1 | You've done all sorts of other things. |
| 0:08.0 | You win, surfed, you surfed, you played volleyball. |
| 0:12.8 | Why do you run? |
| 0:13.9 | Why is that your passion? |
| 0:15.2 | You know, I've written five books and I'm not sure. |
| 0:19.8 | I've gotten to the answer yet. |
| 0:21.1 | I mean, running is such a conflicted thing, right? |
| 0:23.6 | It hurts. |
| 0:24.6 | It's uncomfortable. |
| 0:27.0 | It makes you miserable. |
| 0:29.1 | We all still love it. |
| 0:31.2 | We strive for it. |
| 0:32.2 | And I think there's a magic in misery. |
| 0:36.6 | I think life is so comfortable that we're miserable. |
| 0:41.8 | And we've learned that you're never happier. |
| 0:44.2 | You're never more alive than when you're struggling |
| 0:47.5 | and suffering. |
| 0:48.8 | And running gives you that. |
| 0:50.6 | I mean, it also tests you. |
| 0:52.4 | I mean, there's a saying that you do not know if you're a hero |
| 0:56.8 | or a coward unless there is war. |
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