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Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1583 Location: Rayleigh

A new theory is advanced to account for the observation that participants in the sport of ultrarunning are overwhelmingly male. It is suggested that male ultrarunners suffer from "childbirth envy" - the subconscious desire to duplicate the painful experience of childbirth

Mike Mason · Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 901 Location: Hockley

Childbirth - ha! I can never understand why women make so much of it. Taking a year off work - they could be back the day after giving birth or say the following weekend.....

Ultra running is far more painful...................black toenails, shin splints, gastric emptying problems, MP3 player packing up ....the list goes on....

rgds

Mike
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'sometimes I am running so fast it appears that rocks and trees are standing still......' 'I may be slow, but you are ugly and I can train harder.' '90% is mental, the other half is physical'it's going to get a lot worse, before it gets worse'.