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Running challenges: are they still inspiring?

Running challenges: are they still inspiring?

Update: 2025-08-26
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Have we reach peak saturation for big ultrarunning challenges?


With more and more people running more and more miles over more and more continents, has the normalisation of going massive devalued what are incredible feats of endurance?


Well, Ben, Rachel and Ali have a rambling chat about it and try to figure it out.

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Running challenges: are they still inspiring?

Running challenges: are they still inspiring?

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