"Every breath was like trying to
suck an ice cube though a straw.
I was running in the most desolate, open.
expanse on the planet, suffocating...
What kept me going?
Easy.
It is what i lived for.
The challenge of pushing the human body beyond reality.
Not only had a marathon to the
south pole never been run before,
but plenty of people doubted that it
could be done; said it would be impossible.
I was out to prove it could be done,
regardless of how irrational, improbable
and dangerous the effort was.
I had something to prove, if only to myself:
that it could be done,
that nothing was impossible...
-Dean Karnazes, the Ultra Marathon man.
*Pass this msg to anyone who needs strength"