50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!

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Dean Karnazes

Dean Karnazes ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days to raise awareness for youth obesity and to get America active.
A beautiful and epic journey across the United States during which Dean pushed the limits of human endurance, inspiring thousands of people of all ages and abilities to join him along the way and get outside.

Dean Karnazes shares his invaluable secrets and advice for athletes of all levels. These are the tips that kept Dean going during the 1,310 miles he covered.

With his limitless determination Dean averaged sub-four-hour marathons and often slept fewer than four hours a night to get the job done.

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Dean Karnazes

“I thought that if I went through university and I got a good job and I was making a good earning, that I would be happy. And I did those things and I was miserable. I didn’t like being a businessman. It just wasn’t who I was as a human.” Dean’s first run was fueled by a lot of drinking on his 30th birthday, where he had kind of a midlife crisis or an epiphany, and thought “You’re either going to spend the rest of your life wishing you weren’t doing what you’re doing now, or you’re going to make...

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Endurance 50 - Dean Karnazes

Sep 17, 2006

Missouri, USA

Nov 5, 2006

New York, USA

Dean Karnazes finished running 50 marathons, in 50 states, in 50 consecutive days with the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 5, 2006. The purpose of the Endurance 50 was to encourage and inspire folks young and old to get outside and live healthier, more active lives. Dean’s foundation Karno Kids was formed in response to the deteriorating health of the US nation.As Dean describes: “The costs of our inactivity and poor diet are staggering, not just in terms of direct medical costs, but in quality of life. The Endurance 50 is largely a wake-up call to this great...

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50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!

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