Balázs Simonyi is a filmmaker and creative. His latest work, ULTRA, was the most watched documentary in Hungary in 2017, and was nominated for the European Film Award, considered the continent's Oscars, by the European Film Academy. As an amateur athlete, he has been fighting time and distance for 11 years, but mostly himself. He talks about the logic and irrationality of the long-distance runner's choices and reactions, the internal processes and coping attempts manifested in running, the akrasia that emerges during the crisis management of the activity, self-destruction and how the runner (like Baron Münchausen) pulls himself out of the low points into which he has maneuvered himself. . About the Apollonian (rational, clear, clear) and Dionysian (irrational, confused, obscure) duality of ultra running. All this - if possible - in shorts. ------ Balázs Simonyi, film director, creative. His latest work, ULTRA, was the most viewed documentary in Hungary in 2017. It was nominated for the European Film Awards by the European Film Academy, which is basically the continent's Oscars. As an amateur athlete he has been struggling with time and distance, but most of all with himself for 11 years now. He is talking about the logic and irrationality behind the long distance runner's choices and decisions, the inner processes and tackle attempts manifesting in his running, the incontinent actions showing up during the crisis management of his activity, his self-destruction and about how the runner pulls himself out of the deadlock he drew himself into. About the Apollonian (rational, pure, clear) and Dionysian (irrational, messy, foggy) dual nature of ultra running. All this - if possible - in shorts. Balázs Simonyi is a filmmaker and creative. His latest work, ULTRA, was the most watched documentary in Hungary in 2017, and was nominated for the European Film Award, considered the continent's Oscars, by the European Film Academy. As an amateur athlete, he has been fighting time and distance for 11 years, but mostly himself. He talks about the logic and irrationality of the long-distance runner's choices and reactions, the internal processes and coping attempts manifested in running, the akrasia that emerges during the crisis management of the activity, self-destruction and how the runner (like Baron Münchausen) pulls himself out of the low points into which he has maneuvered himself. . About the Apollonian (rational, clear, clear) and Dionysian (irrational, confused, obscure) duality of ultra running. All this - if possible - in shorts. ------ Balázs Simonyi, film director, creative. His latest work, ULTRA, was the most viewed documentary in Hungary in 2017. It was nominated for the European Film Awards by the European Film Academy, which is basically the continent's Oscars. As an amateur athlete he has been struggling with time and distance, but most of all with himself for 11 years now. He is talking about the logic and irrationality behind the long distance runner's choices and decisions, the inner processes and tackle attempts manifesting in his running, the incontinent actions showing up during the crisis management of his activity, his self-destruction and about how the runner pulls himself out of the deadlock he drew himself into. About the Apollonian (rational, pure, clear) and Dionysian (irrational, messy, foggy) dual nature of ultra running. All this - if possible - in shorts. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx