Articles by Fred Surgent

Going Too Far Can Ruin a Good Thing

According to UltraRunning, the growth of ultra-distance running has been exponential from 1980, when 2,890 runners finished long-distance races, to 2013, which saw 69,573 finishers. As the number of participants grows, s...

Achieving Flow State

According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the leading authority on flow state, “flow is a very positive psychological state that typically occurs when a person perceives a balance between the challenges associated with a sit...