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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by brendan_a_b on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:58PM (#13710738)
I'm reading a book on breaking the two hour marathon and one pro (I cant remember her name at the moment) sleeps 16 hours a day when her training peaks
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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by jrowley on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @09:23PM (#13711132)
What's the book? Sounds interesting!
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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by rodhan on Thursday February 23, 2017 @12:14AM (#13711815)
I'm guessing it's "Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon", by Ed Caesar (http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review-two-hours-the...)
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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by dorfsmay on Thursday February 23, 2017 @11:14AM (#13715042)
This is really interesting, statistically people sleeping 7 hours have the highest life expectancy.

I personally need 8 to 9, but I'm sharper if I only sleep ~ 6 hours (and eventually crash and have to recuperate).

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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by gjjrfcbugxbhf on Thursday February 23, 2017 @09:00AM (#13713871)
Paula Radcliffe
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