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Genius Hour 1.7 The Limits of Human Endurance

     Welcome back to my blog, The Limits of Human Endurance! I am sad to say that our time together is running short, and my project is coming to an end. I am also sad to report that I have fallen short of my goals thus far, as my stress fracture has prevented me from running for the last month and a half. My physical therapy is going well, and I have been able to run one mile a day for the last 2 days. I am hopeful that I will be able to run my treadmill test still, however my time may not be as fast as I had hoped for. However, I am confident that I will be able to run at at least a 4:5X mile and hope to run a 4:45 mile. I believe that I will be able to train enough in the next few weeks to make this possible. Due to the level of effort I put into planning the test, I am going to work very hard in the next week to study a few athletes that have proven their guts and pure tenacity, as I have fallen behind in that area of my study. In this next week, I plan to study Steve Prefontaine, Eliud Kipchoge, David Wottle, and will analyze what gave them the edge to push the limits of human endurance. I will also analyze the man, Walter Bond, that I told the story of in my last blog.

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  1. AnonymousNovember 21, 2019 at 7:44 AM

    I'm sorry to hear that you haven't been able to run the past month and a half. One question I have is how will you maintain great form after dealing with a boot and having to put so little weight on one foot? I hop you can get to Texas A&M and beat plenty of State A records!

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  2. Allie WagnerNovember 21, 2019 at 7:47 AM

    I'm glad that you are still working on this even though you got hurt. It sounds like you are adjusting well to working around your injury for this genius hour. It sounds like a good idea to study other athletes before your final test.

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