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Long-Distance Sportsmanship | Ultrarunning

India's ultrarunners are covering impossible distances and discovering a new endurance.

To finish a marathon, you'd have to run all of 42.195 km. While this can be daunting for most, the distance is now passĂŠ for some. In ultrarunning, the definition of endurance has been stretched to new extremes. In August, three ultrarunners set a new

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