Diane Van Deren overcame epilepsy and then became a top ultramarathoner. Did her brain surgery help improve her pain tolerance, or is she just tough?
Runner’s World
Republished in Best American Sports Writing 2012.
Edited by Charlie Butler. Photograph by Evan Hurd.
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On With The Snow
The author launches a career as a nordic ski racer.
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Edited by David Rowell. Photos by Layne Kennedy.
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