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World Service,2 mins

The athletes who can endure pain

The Why Factor

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Dr Greg Roebuck explains to presenter and ultra-runner Lowri Morgan why endurance athletes are different from the rest of us when it comes to enduring pain. He got a group of 20 ultra runners and the same number of people who do not compete in these events to put their hand into a bucket of ice cold water and see whether they could keep it there for three minutes.

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