Good story from a mid of packer on world's No.1 ultra 'Comrades' courtesy of RunningTimes:
"Running 56 miles in one race leads to a different form of rationality. Somewhere between miles 39 and 40 a brilliant thought popped into my head: “Hey, you’re a half marathon past the marathon mark!” At the time this seemed like a big milestone. Fortunately for my mental state, my mind didn’t manage to tease out the full implication of this “discovery”: I still had a half marathon and 3 miles to go..."
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