Is Extreme Running Bad for Your Heart?

Extreme running is bad for many things. It destroys your skin, muscles, bones, joints, brain, viscera, and solid organs. And, in that it is risky, it dodges the main principle of all healthcare which is to minimize risk.

There is in fact a cool pneumonic (you knew that was coming) that helps you remember the 3 things that extreme running and marathon races in general produce for you in terms of bad health.

“C’s” of marathon races and extreme running: Cecal volvulus, Compartment syndrome (incl. felons), Cerebral edema.