What Happens to Long-Distance Runners' Bodies

There's a lot going on inside long-distance runners' bodies.

The chief findings of a new study highlight two major occurrences in these athletes: damage to cartilage and reductions in brain gray matter — and the subsequent regeneration of these body parts.

"The fact that ultra-distance running places stress on the body has been well-documented," said study author Uwe Schütz, MD, a radiologist and specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery in the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University Hospital of Ulm in Germany, in a press release. "Our research provides detailed information on how the various organ systems change and adapt in response to that stress."

[Tacoman]

I lost 50% of my gray matter watching this!

[gm]

Using your body is required to maintain homeostasis. Make the body suffer it trys to repair itself. Make it suffer less it only repairs what it needs to. It works to capacity until it fails.

[maggie]

Well guess I'll stop running--NOT

[ishmael]

Dude you literally used Ultra Runners…

[geraldevans]

Grey matter is thought to....we have no idea, , , why the brain shrunk, or what that would do....if anything. 🤔