December's issue of the Reader's Digest (yeah, what of it?) features a profile of Ashrita Furman, Guinness world record holder for the most world records, including the pogo stick distance record (he pogoed 11.5 miles up and down the foothills of Mount Fuji), pushing an orange with his nose for a 24-minute mile, and the most consecutive somersaults. We are told that Furman somersaulted 12.2 miles along Paul Revere's Massachusetts ride to win the title. He was vomiting by mile 10.
We are not told exactly what motivates Ashrita, but he does say one, rather odd thing: With each new pursuit, he achieves the joy he felt at mile 10 on Revere's route. "I connect with this tremendous surge of energy," he says.
That's not energy mate. That's yer dinner.
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