# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- understand the motivation behind participation in extreme endurance sports
- identify the physical limits of the human body in endurance exercise
- appreciate social factors that may impact on participation in extreme endurance sports
- apply psychological, physiological and sociological perspectives to a topic.

OpenLearn - Extreme endurance performances
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