'I had seriously overdone it and my body had overheated, forcing my liver and kidneys to shut down' I've been a runner all my adult life. At 6ft 7in and 17 stone, I don't fit the normal profile of a long-distance athlete, but I'm very fit and experienced. Four years ago, aged 44, I was at my peak fitness. I was a club runner in Yorkshire, where I live, doing fell running at marathon distances. I was planning to do the Three Peaks Race and had entered my fourth marathon. It was my second London...
'I had seriously overdone it and my body had overheated, forcing my liver and kidneys to shut down' I've been a runner all my adult life. At 6ft 7in and 17 stone, I don't fit the normal profile of a long-distance athlete, but I'm very fit and experienced. Four years ago, aged 44, I was at my peak fitness. I was a club runner in Yorkshire, where I live, doing fell running at marathon distances. I was planning to do the Three Peaks Race and had entered my fourth marathon. It was my second London...
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