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Title
We studied mental toughness in ultra-marathon runners. Mind over matter is real — but won’t take you all the way
Published by
The Conversation
DOI 10.64628/aa.6x9s7at7n
Authors

George, Kendall

Abstract

Ultra-marathon runners face a plethora of physical and mental challenges on the track, including intense fatigue and extreme physical pain.

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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 267. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 April 2025.
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#163,161
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#16,570
of 201,862 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 32,322,253 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 201,862 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 100.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 91% of its peers.