#ICYMI - Ultra-Running, with Ann Trason & Dr. Ultra

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🗓️ 29 November 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel… Do you have what it takes to run 50,100, or 200 miles? Hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore ultra-running and ultramarathons with runner Ann Trason and Shawn Bearden, a.k.a. Dr. Ultra. Photo Credit: John Doe [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons.

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0:00.0	I'm Gary O'Reilly and I'm Chuck Nott.
0:11.6	And this is playing with science.
0:14.5	Today we throw a little something extra into our endurance.
0:18.3	It's not going to be enough just to go long or even play at Being Iron Man today.
0:22.9	We're going to max it out as this show goes.
0:26.0	Oh, trough.
0:27.0	Oh, trough, baby.
0:28.0	You ever run a marathon?
0:29.5	You know, 26 heartbreaking miles of bone jarring pain, right?
0:35.4	I want my saying right, like I've ever done that.
0:37.4	I've never done that.
0:38.4	Okay.
0:39.4	Guess what?
0:40.4	I'm never going to do it either.
0:41.4	But imagine that.
0:43.0	And then take it to another level because that marathon is a warm up to an ultra runner.
0:49.6	These guys and women are the ones who run 50 mile races blast through 100 kilometer runs
0:56.6	and drop 100 mile races like it's a dime.
1:01.5	That's how it goes down.
1:02.5	It's their thing, man.
1:03.6	It is.
1:04.7	And Tresson is one of those truly amazing athletes who just happened to have broken 20 world
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