The Runners Who Went So Hard They Were Never the Same
Athletes train for years to overcome pain, exhaustion, and fatigue. But some people take it too far and are never the same again. In this episode from 2019, Outside contributor Meaghan Brown started looking into this strange phenomenon, and found a bunch of frustrated athletes, and confused doctors.
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Peter Frick-Wright (host): Hey everybody, this is Peter and I am out sick this week, so we are replaying one of our favorite episodes from the past few years, about a mysterious sort of semi-illness, that was going around the endurance athlete community. We originally produced this story for our Sweat Science series, and it’s fascinating. Enjoy.
Peter Frick-Wright: A few years ago, journalist Meaghen Brown started noticing something strange in her local ultra running community.
