Endurance athletes often seem like they have “a whole different wiring system,” Outside magazine columnist and ultrarunner Brendan Leonard tells CNN Sport.
But the reason we’re writing stories about them now is because they didn’t miss – they actually did it,” he adds.
The desire to push our limits, no matter the size of the challenge, is one most people can relate to.
For her around-the-world record attempt, Wilcox began in the Windy City before cycling to New York.
I still rode 139 miles, but it was a tough one,” she told her sponsor, SRAM, according to Cycling Weekly.
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