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Fitness at such a level takes a significant toll on the body. Physical activity, after all, is a form of stress, and extreme, unrelenting physical stress for days on end can cause permanent damage. That may include structural damage to joints, bones and muscles, as well as less visible but more insidious changes to critical body functions. "It's not a physiologically healthy sport," says trainer and former adventure racer Terri Schneider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can You Push Yourself Too Hard? | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

This is Judgment Day, the one, says Rusch, "that separates the men from the boys." With very little sleep--probably only a few hours in the past 48--the racers are beginning to feel the physical and mental toll of their almost constant racing. Drinking enough water to fuel the body's internal needs is critical. After a person is up for two days straight, the body's metabolic systems start to overheat like an aging car. Without water and time to rest, muscles begin to falter and the kidneys start to sputter. The heart becomes less efficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can You Push Yourself Too Hard? | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

...always bounce back completely. Ultra-athletes may be more susceptible to developing arthritis and fractures when they are older, and their muscles may not recover as quickly from tears and bruises. Still, says Rusch, "a journey like that is an amazing thing." And for her, well worth the physical toll of pushing her body to its limits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can You Push Yourself Too Hard? | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

...nearby city of Searcy, is taking the failure of his insulation business in Little Rock hard as well. "It's so embarrassing. When I left, it was netting about $300,000 a year, and now it's $500,000 in the hole," he says. The tension is exacting a toll. "There's a disconnect there somewhere," Bunn says, tapping his head. "My highs are real high and my lows are real low. It's like a light switch, my mind." Hoping that other soldiers will seek help, he's open about taking Paxil, an antidepressant, for posttraumatic stress disorder. Loud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding The Way Home | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

...Saidjahon Zainabitdinov. It was Zainabitdinov who alerted international human-rights monitors that the government might not be telling the whole story about what happened in Andijan. Uzbek authorities claimed that 173 people died, mostly militants. But based on first-hand experience and other eyewitness accounts, Zainabitdinov said the death toll could be as high as 1,000 - and demanded an international inquiry. The government answered with slander charges that could mean up to five years in prison. Said Muzaffarmirzo Iskhakov, the Andijan chair of the Ezgulik (Goodness) human-rights group: "They did not let his family see him, or even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Silence After The Storm | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

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