I often struggle with this question. It is difficult to nail down exactly why I love to run so long. I usually don't know why and have practically given up trying to answer that for others.
Nevertheless, I was struck on Sunday by one reason that I run: so I can eat more. Yep. When I'm not running, I get pudgy and eating is not very enjoyable. After running, I'm trim and can't seem to get full.
So, there is one concrete reason why I ultra run. I'm glad that it is such a morally lofty reason. :)
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Gotta agree with that logic, Joel, especially being over 40 myself. The metabolism slows down and it gets hard to keep the spare tire from getting bigger unless you burn a lot of calories. According to my Garmin I've burned almost 49,000 calories in the last 15 weeks. That's a lot of food!
Ha! I love it! That pretty much sums it up!
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