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There are so many things in life that divide us, that separate us and tear us apart, be it race, religion, creed, socioeconomic level, nationality or any variety of other factors. But running is something that we all share in common.

~Dean Karnazes

Topics: Any Apart Common Creed Divide Factors Level Life Many Nationality Other Race Religion Running Separate Share Something Tear Things Us Variety

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The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.

~Dean Karnazes

Topics: Body Boundless Human Human Body Human Spirit Limitations Spirit

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Adventure books are my personal favorites. 'The Endurance,' a story about Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctica expedition, or 'Into Thin Air,' Jon Krakauer's personal account of the 1996 disaster on Mt Everest, are two notables.

~Dean Karnazes

Topics: About Account Adventure Air Antarctica Books Disaster Endurance Everest Expedition Favorites Jon Legendary Personal Story Thin Two

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I don't know about you, but all this modern technology that's supposed to save us time and effort has actually ended up making things more complicated in my life, eating up extra time.

~Dean Karnazes

Topics: About Actually Complicated Eating Effort Ended Extra Know Life Making Modern Modern Technology More My Life Save Supposed Technology Things Time Up Us You

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Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race.

~Dean Karnazes

Topics: Act Between Few Human Human Race Lays Left Power Primitive Race Running Simple Therein Us

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I do a lot of marathons as training runs. If I'm somewhere and there's a marathon, I'll sign up and just go run it.

~Dean Karnazes

Topics: Go Just Lot Marathon Run Runs Sign Somewhere Training Up

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Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

~Dean Karnazes

Topics: Achieving Any Element Goal Involves Risk Worth

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I run with a credit card and a cell phone, so when there is not a 7-Eleven around, like some of the country roads out there, I can get him to deliver a pizza to me. And I kind of give them a coordinate, a corner.

~Dean Karnazes

Topics: Around Card Cell Cell Phone Coordinate Corner Country Credit Credit Card Deliver Get Give Him Kind Like Me Out Phone Pizza Roads Run Some Them I Can

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Unlike running on a road or concrete, natural surfaces are more forgiving and offer a more varied terrain, ultimately resulting in less repetitive micro-trauma to bones and joints than running on hard pavement does.

~Dean Karnazes

Topics: Bones Concrete Does Forgiving Hard Joints Less More Natural Offer Pavement Repetitive Resulting Road Running Terrain Than Ultimately Unlike Varied

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I am always nervous before the start of a race. It helps me to say to myself to try my very best. That is my commitment. No matter how bad it gets, I will try my hardest.

~Dean Karnazes

Topics: Always Am Bad Before Best Commitment Gets Hardest Helps How Matter Me Myself Nervous Race Say Start Try Very Will I Am

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: August 23rd, 1962

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