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‘A whole different wiring system’: the extreme athletes who pushed limits in 2024 – and why they might not be crazy after all

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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Have you ever dreamed of running the length of Africa? How about summiting Mount Everest three times in less than two weeks? Endurance athletes often seem like they have “a whole different wiring system,” Outside magazine columnist and ultrarunner Brendan Leonard tells CNN Sport. “A lot of us go through life being afraid to fail at things, especially as we get older. We don’t want to fail, and we don’t want to be bad…

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