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minus-squareUnderwaterbob@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 hour agoYeah, the article mentions her day begins with a 3am alarm, a quick breakfast, and the taping up of blisters. Cool accomplishment, but it can’t have been healthy.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 hour agoNo sports world record is broken by doing what’s healthy. But judging by the trail ultra-marathoners I know personally, they’d be a lot less healthy if they didn’t have that hobby. Lots of (undiagnosed) ADHD in the sport, too.
Over 50 miles a day? Good Lord how?
Her feet must be fucked.
Yeah, the article mentions her day begins with a 3am alarm, a quick breakfast, and the taping up of blisters.
Cool accomplishment, but it can’t have been healthy.
No sports world record is broken by doing what’s healthy.
But judging by the trail ultra-marathoners I know personally, they’d be a lot less healthy if they didn’t have that hobby.
Lots of (undiagnosed) ADHD in the sport, too.