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[quote=Anonymous]My best guess as a former marathoner is that the correlation is diet related. The fuel required to run and train at these distances means lots of carbs that can be easily digested. Think sports drinks, energy gels, energy bars, pasta, high glycemic fruits, pasta, potatoes, bagels and bread, etc. There are lots of runners that think they can eat and drink what they want because they run off the calories. Runners that may typically consume 1500-2000 calories a day will often consume between 4000-6000 calories a day on a long training run or race. The majority of those calories are carbs. Dean Karnazes, the most famous ultra marathoner, wrote in his book about eating an entire pizza on a long run. He admits he used to have a terrible diet while training and racing. He has now completely changed his eating because he realized how bad his body felt from it. I would guess diet and inflammation combined are contributing to this phenomenon. [/quote]
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