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minus-squareUnderwaterbob@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 month 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-up31arrow-down1·edit-21 month 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.
minus-squareUnderwaterbob@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI suppose if you’ve got a self-destructive streak a mile wild, better to at least burn out doing something impressive.
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.
I suppose if you’ve got a self-destructive streak a mile wild, better to at least burn out doing something impressive.