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ifwintercoyesterday at 4:55 PM1 replyview on HN

Risk of stroke is the most obvious (and fairly concerning) one where there's solid data.

Also there's "distance running" as in running maybe 50k a week, that's probably okay, although as you get older it will increase your risk of stroke. But ultramarathons are a whole different ball game and almost certainly bad for you


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slibhbyesterday at 5:09 PM

Can you link the data? I don't buy it.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11720530/ says there's a higher rate of AF in older, male althetes but a lower risk of stroke compared to similar aged, non-athletes.

At any rate, the data doesn't seem clear enough to claim that "distance running bad for you" or "any distance over 50K is bad for you".

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