• rubber_chicken [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    12 天前

    Man was not meant to marathon, and we do it anyway because fuck nature that punk.

    Isn’t the marathon pretty in-line with our persistence hunting heritage? Do experienced marathoners still deal with those or do they mainly impact beginners?

    • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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      12 天前

      Being an experienced marathon runner is a red flag marker for all kinds of tendon damages, all kinds of muscle damage, some kinds of organ damage. During examination if someone tells you they run marathons you go directly to checking for damages like it’s a choose your own adventure novel.

      It’s an incredibly intensive and repetitive (In terms of impact and muscle activity) activity with a lot of friction involved and that’s a bad combo for basically all parts of your body.