The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
falling over, and though I jumped back into the drill, I had to skip four repeats out of a total of
about 20.
There were a few things I realized at that moment.
Namely, to run anything approaching an ultramarathon without doing myself permanent
damage, I would need to ace a trifecta of preparation, biomechanics, and training. The training
would also need to redefine discomfort.
Thankfully, according to Brian, it would be brief.
Preparation: The Undercarriage
4 WEEKS
It isn't your lungs or your slow-twitch muscle bers that will fail rst in long-distance running.
It's your suspension.
To sustain the repeated impact of a mere 5K, between 2,000 and 2,500 foot strikes for most
runners, you need to ensure that your ligaments and tendons are both thick and elastic enough
for the abuse; and you need to ensure that the proper muscle groups are ring in the right
sequence.