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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

There have been several people, men and women who run a marathon every day for months or even years on end. In that sense there is no upper limit, but those people almost certainly all have a genetic mutation which most people don't that prevents lactic acid buildup.