Chinese ultrarunner's knee pain fades on 20,000km Silk Road trek

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHere it is, the story we hinted at: a runner whose knee hurt less the farther she went.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRia Xi, a Beijing-born former tech executive, is running twenty thousand kilometers across Eurasia, about twelve thousand four hundred miles.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorShe says it has never hurt less.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorShe also tracks her biometric data every day, along with her memory, motivation and energy levels, and she used AI to build her training plans.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwelve thousand miles on a knee. My tea gives me more trouble than that.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYour tea is in a cup.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHer pain faded as she ran, and the rest of us stop at the first flight of stairs.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGive it time. Somewhere in Kazakhstan, the knee is simply waiting for a better moment.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOr it quit first, and she kept going without it.