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Why Runners Have Extremely Low Heart Rates—Is It Training Or Genetics? (marathonhandbook.com)
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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's the body's way of trying to conserve its lifetime allotment of heartbeats between periods of high demand. Don't want to run out unexpectedly.