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PUSHED TO THE LIMIT

Why do we choose to do agonising feats of endurance? Anthropologist Michael Crawley seeks answers in his new book
PUSHED TO THE LIMIT
As an anthropologist and former international endurance runner, I’ve long been fascinated by what makes endurance sport meaningful to people. What makes us voluntarily run or ride hundreds of miles? And what can we learn from studying cultures of endurance such as Rarámuri runners in Mexico? I began exploring these questions by spending 15 months living and training alongside elite Ethiopian marathon runners for my PhD in anthropology, learning Amharic (Ethiopia’s official language) and trying to follow the same routines of training, eating and resting as they did. Since then, I’ve spent time immersing myself in endurance activities, from cycling 100 miles overnight at Ride to the Sun to running the length of the Lake District at the Lakes in a Day ultramarathon. Here’s what I learned along the way……
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