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Mark Dowdle on Backyard Ultras, Keeping Promises to Yourself, and What Hour 60 Reveals
For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running›
Jun 5, 202649:59
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Mark Dowdle is a backyard ultra competitor who found running after college football and lacrosse, not because he loved the sport, but because he needed somewhere to put everything he was carrying. What started as 3:30 a.m. runs to eliminate excuses has...
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