The final event of the Olympics leaves me wondering… just how do these men run a 26 mile race? The mental and physical strength that it must take to complete such a task is mind blowing. I searched around to figure out how the body and human heart can stay strong and continue to beat under such exhaustion. Here is what I found…
The researchers found that throughout the course of the races, the runners’ heart rate increased in a very controlled way, which appeared to be scaled to the distance of the race. When the heart rate response was scaled …read more