the health benefits of regular exercise
 

Marathon runner dies at finish line
Last updated Oct 17 2005 10:08 AM EDT
CBC News

For the second year in a row, a runner has died in the Toronto Marathon. The 36-year-old Oakville man was running in the half-marathon Sunday morning, and collapsed moments after crossing the finish line. His name has not been released.

Three people have died in the event in the last four years.

The director of the marathon, Jay Glassman, says some members of the medical team in place for the race — 30 registered nurses and about seven doctors — attended to the man, and there was an ambulance on site.

Glassman says, while there are no doubts about the health benefits of regular exercise, marathons do experience deaths.

WHY DON'T YOU POST A STORY ABOUT ALL THE FAT PEOPLE WHO DIE SITTING ON THEIR COUCHES WATCHING TV 17 HOURS A DAY AND EATING LUNCHABLES? HUH???!!

The fool died because humans arent meant to run 26 or 13 miles at a time.


If his ass ran a regular 4 or 5 miles he wouldnt be dead.

Re: the health benefits of regular exercise
 

Well duh...

If you are dumb enough to push yourself past the point were the body is screaming stop - then bad things will happen, in any physical activety.

My two younger brothers ran the marathon this year and saw the guy collapse - they said the guy looked like shit a good 4 kms before he droppped - face all pinched-up, bright red, gasping for breath, and most ominously he wasn't sweating... all are signs to slow down or stop.

Of course they are. The human body is actually made to do some pretty amazing things. There are people out there running 100-miles-plus at a stretch right now . . . compared to that, 26 miles is child's play.

Of course, that includes proper training, listening to your body, and no previous health conditions . . . I think that the latter is the biggest problem when it comes to dying marathoners. However, for every marathoner who kicks the bucket at the finish line, there are thousands more who see benefits from running the thing. You just have to go about doing it the right way.

Exactly; there are a million things you're supposed to do, from pacing yourself to hydrating yourself properly. A whole lot of people run multiple marathons in a year and are perfectly fine.

Hey, the first guy that ran the marathon died immediately after.

You're both right.

The moral of the story, as usual: c'mon retards, before you begin any serious training program, take a minute and learn about the program, your body, and the amount of strain that will take place when the two intersect. Seriously.

Pain is just weakness leaving your body.

-Rudey

I would guess that the Val in your name doesn't stand for Valium?

Yes. With shorter events, people can often enter on a whim with limited preparation and survive. But longer distances and other conditions can make a race a lot less forgiving, and it's important to know what you're doing.
Several years ago, I was doing a medium-distance race (nowhere near a marathon), but wasn't well-prepared. My GI system got very unhappy, and I remember staggering across the finish line and going right for the facilities. Except for the embarrassment of a poor finish time, I survived, but that experience taught me to respect the race.