During the Canada-wide race, Dave Proctor offers his body for scientific studies

The story continues Dave is not an ordinary Joe like we run and get tired, said Dr. Antoine Dufour, who will collect blood samples from Proctor.

"He's a bit of a super-human if you will. Some things will be quite unusual with him in a good way and we want to know what that is. "

Dr. James White of the Foothills Medical Center Cardiac Imaging Center says he wants to study Proctor's heart.

" It is certainly interesting to understand how excessive exercise changes the heart. and how people like Dave are able to do what they do.

"However, the effects of an excessive workload on the heart and blood vessels can also tell us a lot about the the way the heart adapts to certain diseases. "For example, if one of your heart valves is leaking, it can become very similar to running a marathon each day with respect to your heart.

"With Dave, we have the opportunity to study how the heart changes over time to this genus

Proctor's vascular system of the arteries and veins fascinates Dr. Aaron Phillips

Before starting his race, Proctor has is doing a VO2 max test to provide a basic measure of the effectiveness with which he uses oxygen while one of the most interesting results of Dave 's trial is that it' s n & # 's 39; has not a maximum genetically remarkable aerobic capacity, but what he has a high threshold where he can exercise at a very intense level without going into what we call energy reserves borrowed, "said Phillips

. "Dave is able to exercise at an intense level and it's almost like he's walking. He could do it all day. "

Since Proctor is in the process of raising funds for research, he was willing to offer his body for this, although different research.

" Research is exactly one of the reasons why the rare disease "Proctor says," I'm a geek and I love hearing about research like this. When I have the opportunity to be pushed and pushed because of a really unique thing, I put myself absolutely on the list. "

The anxiety aroused by what he was trying to disrupt his first days of sleep on the road. . Fatigue changed his stride, which resulted in painful tendinitis in his leg.

Proctor admitted to having doubtful feeling earlier this week that he could continue, but his optimism came back on Thursday

"The body is now taken in hand in my opinion.Everything starts in a cycle that is very manageable, "he said.

"The human body is capable of incredible things Unfortunately, we retreat and shoot too early before the body creates these adaptive changes."