Essentially, you’ve climbed Mount Everest.
Anthropologist and lead study author Caitlin Thurber measured the caloric output of six athletes as they competed in the 2015 Race Across the USA. Only three of the six original athletes the team studied completed the course—one became injured, and two decided to take an even longer course across the country. Toward the end of the race, athletes were burning 600 fewer calories per day than expected—5,400 instead of 6,000, and their metabolism slowed to about 2.
After comparing the number of calories burned from the Race Across the USA study participants to other endurance athletes previously measured, they noticed the longer the endurance challenge, the fewer calories that were burned. Researchers found the maximum amount an athlete burned was about 2.5 times their typical rates. The study’s authors compared it to previous data on the number of calories women burn while pregnant and lactating.
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