Hot Health Topic: Could Running Marathons Be Putting Your Health at Risk?

Accelerated Health with Sara Banta · Jun 6, 2025 · 22m

You train for hours. You push your limits.

But what if your long-distance running routine is quietly sending a life-threatening signal—and no one’s listening?

In this hot health topic episode of Accelerated Health with Sara Banta, I pull back the curtain on a topic most runners are too embarrassed—or too afraid—to talk about.

😰 GI distress.

😳 Rectal bleeding.

🥱 Constant fatigue.

Sound familiar? You’ve probably been told it’s just “runner’s colitis,” right? Just part of the sport. But what if that’s dangerously wrong?

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