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Coffee and cake or an ultramarathon? Why people run to extremes

Sally Beggs says she "couldn't even run to the mailbox" when she started running. Now she enters 50-kilometre ultramarathons. What compels someone to take on these extreme sports?

Coffee and cake or an ultramarathon? Why people run to extremes

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