Mark Stosberg

Mark Stosberg is a software engineer and spatial analyst. He grew up on a wooded farm in Kentucky but didn't appreciate the value of open spaces until he left home. Now, long runs provide a grounding counterbalance to his screen time. He writes about mapping, technology, and plant-powered adventures at mark.stosberg.com.

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Why I Found Myself Running 50 Miles Alone in the Wintertime

Mark Stosberg

One recent winter, Mark Stosberg set out on a 50-mile run. He wasn’t racing in or training for an event, so at some point he had to answer the question, Why keep going? To test his physical and mental limits? To satisfy a primal instinct? Or was it therapeutic in some way? Sit back and relax as Mark runs through these questions.