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Coming up: deep in the Italian Alps sits a course that eats world-class athletes for breakfast.
This year, though, it was conquered by a Chinese runner who once delivered takeout for a living.
A year ago, the same mountains handed him his worst defeat.
But this time, he didn't just finish, he rewrote the record book and became the first non-European ever to win.
So what happens when failing becomes conquering?
And what can that teach you and me about the walls in our own lives?
Most people measure a good run in kilometers, maybe even hours.
Zhao Jiaju measures his in days.
The Chinese trail runner just became the first Chinese athlete
and the first non-European ever to win the Tor330, Tor des Géants,
one of the toughest ultra marathons on the planet,
setting a new course record all along the way.
Before any of that though, he was delivering food orders on a scooter in Wuhan,
and just one year earlier, that exact race that he just conquered had conquered him.
So how does an ordinary delivery rider become a world-class ultra runner,
and why would anyone want to run for nearly 3 days through the mountains?
What can be gained from that?
What an achievement, unbelievable.