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Courtney Dauwalter: Step inside the 'pain cave', where rules are remade (www.bbc.com)

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[–] fivemmvegemite 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Comfortably leading the race as she entered the last 12 miles, her vision began clouding from the periphery. Temporary distorted vision isn't unheard of in ultra-running; the stress of running so hard and long can mean the body struggles to refresh the fluid in the eyeball as usual. It is a condition known as corneal edema. But Dauwalter's case was particularly severe. As she continued towards the finish line, it worsened until she was effectively 90% blind.

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Dauwalter made it to the aid station, but instead of dropping out, she used a volunteer to guide her by narrating the terrain as they ran. A battered and bleeding Dauwalter crossed the finish line - the first woman to do so that day - in 20 hours 38 minutes 09 seconds,, external with her vision returning to normal five hours later.

Wtaf. That is freaking amazing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I admire athletes who can do amazing feats, but this seems crazy. Crazy, as in, someone should have stopped her from continuing.