The Subtle Art of Pacing, Active Recovery, and Sitting With Pain

Life is not a sprint. Life is an ultra-marathon. Heres what I learned from running races of 60 miles and more.

In a recent (not yet published) interview for the School for Good Living podcast, Brilliant Miller asked me to complete the sentence Life is like with anything other than a box of chocolates.

My response: Life is like an ultra-marathon.

Im sure youve heard the adage that life is a marathon, not a sprint. A reminder to take things slow and steady.

And most people, including me, would...