For enthusiasts in 2025's booming marathons, cycling, and triathlons, the primary drive is pursuing "transcending self" through extreme personal challenges, testing limits, and achieving goals like finishing an Ironman. Studies (e.g., MOMS scale) show personal achievement, health, and self-esteem rank highest, while social recognition or status labels rank lowest. Completion badges provide satisfaction, but intrinsic growth dominates over external tags.
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In Singapore, junior high school students in their third year need to participate in wilderness survival training. In the United States, high schools offer meditation, yoga and even Bear Gryling-style survival classes. In France, physical education accounts for 10% of the total score of the college entrance examination. In contrast to China's "physical fitness test-led" model, Japanese winter cold-resistant running and Australian 4-12-kilometer cross-country running have sparked heated discussions among netizens: Should physical education classes be "for fun" or "for practice"?
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