Dean Karnazes

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. ”

To an extreme athlete, there's a certain appeal to doing extreme things - seeking the most extreme physical challenges in some of the most extreme climates in the world. Testing and expanding the limits of human endurance is kind of my thing. ”

Personally, I don't stretch, I don't get massages. Maybe massages would be useful, but I just don't have the time for it. ”

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. ”

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. ”