David Goggins’ challenge of four miles, every four hours, for 48 hours pushes Hart’s stoic mindset
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Lawrence Hart has not run for weeks, maybe months. In fact, he hates running and yet has been inspired to take on a challenge sure to test his limits. He will run four miles, every four hours, for 48 hours.
“I think it’s going to be more of a mental challenge than a physical one, which is crazy given I’m going to run nearly two back-to-back marathons in two days, and I haven’t run at all this year,” Hart said.
The Hong Kong-based Briton is following in the footsteps of David Goggins, the US ultra runner renowned for his no-nonsense pep talks about getting out of your comfort zone. Hart read Goggins book Can’t Hurt Me and has been toying with the idea since New Year. By coincidence, Goggins then posted on his social media, encouraging people to try the 4x4x48 challenge.
“I guess I see what other people are achieving, bigger than themselves, I thought maybe I could push myself, too,” Hart said. “This intrinsic motivation, the part of my personality, I want to push myself and see if I can better myself. Have I ever really pushed myself to the limit? Obviously, I haven’t.”
Hart has one challenge under his belt. He walked 100,000 steps in one day, between 5am and 8pm, last May. He really had no idea what 100,000 steps would be like and was surprised to find it was over 100km: “I had bitten off more than I can chew.”
