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[–] [email protected] 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, yeah that's insane. No wonder the poor guy dropped from exhaustion

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Probably kidney failure

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Happy Cakeday! 🍰🎂

Kidney failure? Was he chugging wine and mead the whole way, or is that just a result of extreme dehydration?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Muscles break down kidneys get overwhelmed and go into failure. Sometimes (rarely) ultra marathoners will need dialysis and they are running a much shorter distance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Ahh! Gotcha. Fair enough. I suppose that's actually useful for me to know, thanks!