Twelve athletes will embark tomorrow (Jan. 16) on an extraordinary feat — to run across the United States from California to Maryland, more than 3,000 miles, completing a marathon a day, nearly every day for the next four and a half months.
And scientists plan to tag along, capitalizing on this unique opportunity to study the impact of ultra-endurance running on the human body.
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