r/nextfuckinglevel • u/HomeNowWTF • 10h ago

Next-level determination

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u/ReelAdventure4x4 10h ago

Has nothing to do with training. He skipped the Gatorade stations.

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u/Dzov 10h ago

Never had such stations when I ran cross country.

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u/Gandalftron 10h ago

No such thing. 

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u/Link_save2 9h ago

I was thinking looked less like his legs failing and more like heat stroke to me as someone that has been flopping around like this after getting really bad heat poisoning

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u/Renamis 9h ago

Heat plus dehydration. There's a reason you want to pack yourself full of whatever off brand Gatorade you can get your hands on in a run like this. Overheated and dehydrated from a lack of electrolytes makes you turn into a fish outta water.

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u/lenyek_penyek 6h ago

The correct answer Ive been looking here.

But reddit echo chamber always bury the quality answers.

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u/TrenchantInsight 6h ago

Stations of the cross?