Rickey Gates has been described as a “conceptual runner” combining the practice of endurance running with the artistic mediums of photography and writing. After nearly a decade competing on a national and international mountain, trail and ultra running circuit, he took his love for ultra-endurance, storytelling and photography to his project-based runs that have included a run across America, every single street in San Francisco and currently the 50 classic trails of North America. His debut book Cross Country and feature-length film TransAmericana chronicle his 3,700 mile journey across the United States.

He and Zuckerman discuss forced meditation, the poetry of the untaken URL, running to find a clean and safe mental state, why there is never too much, and how it is a luxury to suffer!

References:

Tom Simpson - https://www.rapha.cc/us/en_US/stories/discovering-the-real-tom-simpson

Hunter Thompson - https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/rolling-stone-at-50-how-hunter-s-thompson-became-a-legend-115371/

Gretchen Bleiler - https://www.gretchenbleiler.com

Transamericana - http://www.rickeygates.com

Rich Roll - https://www.richroll.com

Every Single Street - https://www.everysinglestreet.com

Hamish Fulton - https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/hamish-fulton-1133

Helen Mirra - http://hmirra.net

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