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It's called anomic suicide.

When your whole sense of identity (in this case running marathons) is ripped away from you (whether or not you cheated) you no longer have a reason to live. Unless you have other things to live for family, work, whatever. Other senses of identity and self.

https://www.mdis.edu.sg/blog/four-types-of-suicides



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