The capacity to endure, from 5K to 240 miles to a relationship is an elusive skill that we search for. Â Â Runner and journalist, Alex Hutchinson, exposes us to research that has been done in recent years that will change the paradigm you may have about endurance. Â He explores the relationship of the mental and the physical and what we have learned from scientists on how we can maximize our potential.
Andy Jones-Wilkins and Magda Boulet join The Nation to discuss four key chapters in the book, Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Chapter 1: The Unforgiving Minute
Chapter 4: The Conscience Quitter
Chapter 8: Heat
Chapter 13: Belief
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