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Alex Hutchinson on the Art and Science of Elevating Your Endurance
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Alex Hutchinson on the Art and Science of Elevating Your Endurance

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist. He writes mostly about science and endurance sports and is also currently a contributing editor at Outside, a columnist at the Globe and Mail, and a senior editor at Canadian Running. He...

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Show Notes

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist. He writes mostly about science and endurance sports and is also currently a contributing editor at Outside, a columnist at the Globe and Mail, and a senior editor at Canadian Running. He was previously a Runner's World columnist and contributing editor at Popular Mechanics. His latest book, ENDURE: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance is an exploration of the science (and mysteries) of endurance.

Alex is also an avid runner.

Show Notes

  • Alex’s start to running and favorite place to run.
  • Increasing endurance and what research shows is the way to do that.
  • The mental and physical components of resiliency.
  • The role the brain plays in physically limiting the body as well as helping it push limits.
  • How the 4-minute mile barrier is a great example of the mind-body paradigm.
  • Emotional endurance and how it transfers to physical endurance.
  • Why it’s so important to push yourself out of your comfort zone on a regular basis.
  • How Alex came to know and become friends with Malcolm Gladwell.

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