I recently saw a great movie about running and I thought I'd pass the good word
along.
Please visit http://www.runningthesahara.com/
This is a documentary about 3 men who ran across the Sahara desert in Africa.
It took them 111 days and they covered about 50 miles per day on average (that's
2 marathons per day). They never took a day off, and temperatures reached 140 F
at times. Their total mileage was more than 4,300 miles, which is almost from
here to California and back – without a break.
Also take note of http://www.h20africa.org/ which is the website for the charity
that these men started after completing this run. It focuses on bringing clean
drinking water to remote, arid regions of Africa.
Trust me when I tell you that your long runs will never be quite the same after
you've watched this film.
Enjoy