This is a shortened version of the tenth (and final) lecture from the module 'Born to Run-The Science of Human Endurance'. It discusses some of the greatest tests of human endurance (including the Tour de France, the Race Across America and Arctic exploration), and outlines what the determinants of our physiological limits are.

References:
10.1371/journal.pone.0040503
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-754...
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1024951
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw0341
https://doi.org/10.1079/pns19980010
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00357638
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-8223(02...

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