Confessions of an Endurance Junkie

Writing for the New York Times’  Play magazine, Stuart Stevens admits to being one of those twisted people for whom endurance events get better as they get worse. And Stevens, the author of "The Big Enchilada" and "Feeding Frenzy," has been addicted to many endurance sports, from cross country skiing to cycling. Here, he describes the hellish delights of La Marmotte, a swooping, looped bicyle course that coves almost 17,000 feet
of climbing over some of the most notorious ascents of the Alps, and is billed as the toughest one-day
amateur cycling event in the world.
Read more in Play magazine.