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When Exercise Is Bad for You (opens the original)
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Exercise is known to benefit patients with a wide range of diseases and conditions, from type 2 diabetes to depression. There are exceptions, however. Long Covid, which I’ve had since 2020, is a post-viral chronic illness that causes the nervous system to overreact to physiological stressors of all kinds, including exercise. In long-haulers like me, a single workout may trigger a noxious “fight-or-flight” response lasting for days,
Free Webinar on Training Through Chronic Illness (opens the original)
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Three in four adults has at least one chronic illness, and endurance athletes are not exempt. Common symptoms of chronic disease such as fatigue and muscle pain can make the process of building fitness extra challenging. I speak from personal experience, having developed long COVID in 2020 and not yet fully recovered.On January 1, 2024, I registered for a 100-kilometer ultramarathon despite three years of enforced sedentariness. I had ten months to find a way to get fit enough to survive the rac
How Stoicism Freed My Mind and Body (opens the original)
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After suffering four years of the crippling effects of long COVID, lifelong runner Matt Fitzgerald is desperate to reclaim his life. Hell-bent on finishing one last race, Matt enters the Javelina Jundred, a 100-km ultramarathon. It’s a race that could just as easily kill him as provide his redemption from disease. In this excerpt from his epic memoir, Dying to Run, Fitzgerald shares how he wielded Stoicism to steel his mind for the Javelina Jundred ultramarathon.The
Remembering a Hero of Flight 93 (opens the original)
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I wrote this article for Men’s Health magazine soon after the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. I’m sharing it here in remembrance of one of the 2,977 victims of those attacks, Jeremy Glick, who was so much more than just a victim.<source type="image/webp"
What’s the Point? (opens the original)
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Most runners think about quitting during races. I certainly do—not all the time, but often—and the runners I coach do too. Heck, even the pros want to quit. I know this because I’ve asked a few of them, and they admit it. Proudly.The temptation to DNF usually strikes when we’re deep into a race—deep enough that it hurts—yet still far from finishing, and we know our suffering has only begun. The goal we cared about so much in training no longer seems worth the suffering we must endure to achieve
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