Dean Karnazes is an American ultramarathon athlete who quit his highly paid but unsatisfying job to make a living from running. He's the author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner, which details ultra endurance running for the general public.

In the past 20 years he's run the Boston Marathon and Death Valley among others and once ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. He attributes mental toughness to his success, believing that pain is just a perception and something that any of us can choose to ignore.

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Dean Karnazes website http://www.ultramarathonman.com/web/ Dean Karnazes on Facebook https://en-gb.facebook.com/DeanKarnazes/ Dean Karnazes of YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSybEPLNQ0w Dean Karnazes on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ultramarathon/?hl=en Dean Karnazes on Twitter https://twitter.com/deankarnazes?lang=en Dean Karnazes on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Karnazes

Books: The Road to Sparta https://www.amazon.co.uk/Road-Sparta-Footsteps-Original-Ultramarathon/dp/1760294659/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultramarathon-Man-Confessions-All-Night-Runner/dp/1760295507/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Topics discussed: 300 (film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(film) Fight Club (film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club Boston Marathon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon London Marathon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Marathon Western States Endurance Run https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_States_Endurance_Run Badwater Ultramarathon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badwater_Ultramarathon Rocky (film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky Pheidippides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheidippides Athenian Democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy The Spartathlon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartathlon Sparta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta Marathon, Greece https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon,_Greece Ancient Greece https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Uzbekistan http://wikitravel.org/en/Uzbekistan Paleolithic diet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_diet Know thyself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself Forrest Gump (film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump

People mentioned in this episode: Professor Paul Cartledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cartledge Joe de Sena https://londonreal.tv/joe-de-sena-spartan-race/ Plato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato James Altucher https://londonreal.tv/james-altucher-choose-yourself/ Ido Portal https://londonreal.tv/ido-portal-just-move/