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Divine Madness Running Club is an ultra running club, which specializes in ultra marathons. The club is based in Boulder, Colorado and focuses on ultra running and ultra marathons. It has been around since the mid 90’s when a number of individuals began running the Leadville Trail 100.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/siadventure/30/divine_madness/ )〕 ==Background== While running has become a casual exercise for fitness and weight reduction for many, Divine Madness pushes the outer edge of the sport's envelope, specializing in ultra marathons ranging from 50 to 100 miles. The running club is based in Boulder, Colorado. The mainstream runners in the area are said to appreciate the discipline, and the achievements of the club. Some mainstream runners have likened the club to a cult, due to the club often been more than a running club. The leader of the club is Yo Tizer, who is often referred to as a teacher rather than a leader. He was quoting saying he preferred the club to be referred to as a “school” or a “community.” For his own runners, he will often test their adaptability by tacking on extra miles in the middle of a training run; group members are urged to finish each run, working through any pain barriers. The top Divine Madness runners live in a rental house in Boulder. Other members of the group, whose ages range from 24 to 59, also live in communal clusters of five or six people. Not everyone agrees with the methods employed. In a civil lawsuit filed in late 1996, Georgiana Scott, John Hunt and Melissa Huntress claim that, rather than liberating members of the group, Tizer controlled them through fasting, sleep deprivation, isolation from friends and family and the prohibition of monogamy. Some members after leaving the group have also voiced their issues about the club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/28/sports/a-running-club-is-100-miles-outside-of-the-mainstream.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Divine Madness Running Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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