Endure

Alex Hutchinson's book synthesizing a century of research on human endurance, arguing the limits of physical performance are often set by the brain's perception of effort as much as by the body's physiology. Source for this episode's analysis of Sebastian Sawe's world-record sub-two-hour marathon, and for the carbohydrate mouth-rinse, subliminal-crowd-face, fabricated-positive-feedback, facial-relaxation, and deceptive-avatar-pacing studies.

Discussed in

• Episode 307 — 307-the-mental-tricks-used-to-break-the-2-hour-marathon

Related

• Perceived Effort and Endurance Performance