254 100-Milers Later: Why Mike Smith Keeps Coming Back

Becoming Ultra by Scott Jones

Jul 21, 202601:05:37Health

Mike Smith has completed 254 hundred-mile races, but his running journey began with a simple promise to run the Disney Marathon with a coworker. Fresh off becoming the final official finisher at Western States, Mike join...

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