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the difference between starting strong and being the last one standing.
means The physical or mental endurance that lets you sustain prolonged effort or hardship without giving out.
from From Latin stamina, the plural of stamen, meaning the thread of life — literally the warp threads on a loom. In Roman myth the Fates spun these threads, and the length they spun determined how long you lasted; so 'stamina' began as the very stuff your life was made of. English borrowed it around the 18th century, first meaning the essential threads or constitution of a thing, then narrowing to the endurance those threads gave you. (And yes, it's the same word as the stamen in a flower, named for its threadlike shape.)
- hidden fuel
- Stored glycogen powers roughly 90 minutes of hard effort
- second wind
- Real phenomenon from oxygen and metabolism finally syncing up
- endurance kings
- Humans evolved to outrun horses over long distances
- trainable
- Mitochondria multiply with consistent aerobic exercise
- mind games
- Fatigue is partly your brain hitting the brakes early
eliud kipchoge — marathoner who ran 2:01:09 in 2022, demonstrating elite aerobic endurance
gertrude ederle — first woman to swim english channel in 1926, 14 hours 39 minutes of continuous effort
cavendish ultramarathon — 100-mile race requiring sustained effort over 15+ hours