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| Only a little has to go wrong for a lot to go wrong in an ultramarathon. |
... and sometimes one can recover, sometimes not.
The above aphorism was inspired by Verlyn Klinkenborg's column in the 6 Jan 2007 New York Times about life on a farm during a severe cold snap in mid-winter; as he says, "Only a little has to go wrong for a lot to go wrong in this weather." Likewise in an ultra ...
(cf. NewNickel (9 Mar 2005), WhatWeKnow (15 Aug 2006), FullMoonMetaphors (29 Oct 2007), ...)
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