But in perspective, when we're talking about the ultramarathon running community, It's a lot easier just to say, well, I'll scrap this 40 miles and try again.
Obviously, there's a big question mark about where those parameters are in a lot of cases, which makes ultramarathon even more interesting, because it's like, there's so much unknown about it.
Doctors first started seeing it in ultramarathon runners and Ironman triathletes in the 1980s, a period of time that nicely coincides with the messaging coming out of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute.