The author's search to understand how instigates a visit to a Harvard University lab, epic races in the Midwest, and a 50 - mile marathon through Tarahumara country. (discovermagazine.com)
«Some of the guys I serve with in the [Oregon National] Guard have told me, «You know, it's impossible to secure a 26 - mile marathon course,»» says Dan Browne, one of Culpepper's teammates in that event. (si.com)
He has several times paddled in an outrigger canoe in the 36 - mile marathon race through the wind - torn channel from Molokai Island to Oahu. (si.com)