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A real Marathon man (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historymemes@lemmy.world

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[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Muscles break down kidneys get overwhelmed and go into failure. Sometimes (rarely) ultra marathoners will need dialysis and they are running a much shorter distance.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Rhabdo?

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I dunno basically basing this off a bit of running knowledge and something I sorta remembered, probably from an episode of house or some other medical show. I also did a bit of quick googling to validate its a real thing.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Ahh! Gotcha. Fair enough. I suppose that's actually useful for me to know, thanks!