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In a study Published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, looking at seven thousand runners’ reasons for not finishing an ultramarathon after reporting an illness in the days leading up to the race, Respiratory Dysfunction topped the list.
Kaitlyn Yonke, an athlete for Speedland and the head coach for the Colorado-based company Run Infinite, experienced this firsthand at the 2023 Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile Race.
“I had a little cough in the week leading up to the race but thought I would go for it anyway,” Yonke explains. As she got deeper into the race, completing the first significant climb shortly behind the lead group, she struggled to catch her breath and needed to walk hills that would usually be runnable. “I knew something was wrong in my body when I rolled my ankle on an easy descent,” says Yonke.
As a runner who is in tune with her body, she…
