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There is some truth to this statement. Endurance athletes do have the tendency to train beyond their limit running the risk of damaging cardiac systems for example. Especially as they age. I can think of 2 Olympic athletes in Aus who recently had to undergo medical checkups & procedures for this, Mark Tomkins a rower ~ http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=736/bio/ and Lisa Curry-Kenny an Olympic swimmer ~ http://www.finda.com.au/story/2008/08/24/lisa-curry-kenny-he... Both these athletes probably trained beyond what was probably good and suffered irregularities in their heartbeats. The risk of other injuries profiles include http://www.google.com.au/search?q=endurance+athletes+and+ris...
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There is some truth to this statement. Endurance athletes do have the tendency to train beyond their limit running the risk of damaging cardiac systems for example. Especially as they age. I can think of 2 Olympic athletes in Aus who recently had to undergo medical checkups & procedures for this, Mark Tomkins a rower ~ http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=736/bio/ and Lisa Curry-Kenny an Olympic swimmer ~ http://www.finda.com.au/story/2008/08/24/lisa-curry-kenny-he... Both these athletes probably trained beyond what was probably good and suffered irregularities in their heartbeats. The risk of other injuries profiles include http://www.google.com.au/search?q=endurance+athletes+and+ris...