The Veil · wellbeing

Filed by Elara Myst

Download PDFStory at-a-glanceA review of 69 studies involving 3,274 healthy marathon runners found that completing a marathon causes temporary changes in heart structure, heart function, and blood markers that signal heart stress, but researchers have not shown that these changes cause permanent heart damageThe right side of your heart experiences the greatest short-term strain during a marathon because it needs to pump large amounts of blood through your lungs for hours without restYour r