Newsflash if you don't train for a marathon it could kill you.

Statistically, the risk of death is less than 1 percent for every 100,000 runners, reports CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier.

huh?

People die in football games, basketball games, and track events. I don't see why this is a huge shock. The only reason it's dangerous is because people don't train enough, or don't take the risks seriously enough. The first marathon I did I didn't realize how far 26.2 was. The two I've done since have been much better.

SurfaceTension: Statistically, the risk of death is less than 1 percent for every 100,000 runners, reports CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier.

huh?

I'll add my "LOL WUT" to yours.

SurfaceTension: Statistically, the risk of death is less than 1 percent for every 100,000 runners, reports CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier.

huh?

This would be the 'new math' that is being talked about I think.

/I need a LOT more coffee to be able to wrap my head around that one

Mercutio879: People die in football games, basketball games, and track events. I don't see why this is a huge shock. The only reason it's dangerous is because people don't train enough, or don't take the risks seriously enough. The first marathon I did I didn't realize how far 26.2 was. The two I've done since have been much better.

Yeah, and the marathon deaths are just from overexertion (unlike the various crazy accidents you can get in football/baseball/basketball by being hit in a precisely bad way by either another player or the ball).

People die from overexertion at work, in the fields, all kinds of things all the time too. Including over-long practice sessions for other sports in the summer. You need to be careful and know your limits, but that's not exclusive to the marathon, I think.

Most marathon runners that I know do not look good or healthy.

Tom_Slick: Newsflash if you don't train for a marathon it could kill you.

Wait, are you implying that crystal meth isn't a form of training?


(doesn't use drugs)

Good. I needed an excuse to play Star Craft for 56 hours straight instead of going outside.

SurfaceTension: Statistically, the risk of death is less than 1 percent for every 100,000 runners, reports CBS News correspondent Kimberly Dozier.


huh?

If it gets above 1 percent for every 200,000 runners let me know.

clancifer: Most marathon runners that I know do not look good or healthy.

Racist.

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Con_Authority: Tom_Slick: Newsflash if you don't train for a marathon it could kill you.

Wait, are you implying that crystal meth isn't a form of training?


(doesn't use drugs)

Crystal meth? No. Amorphous powder meth? Well, the evidence is looking good so far...

Con_Authority: Tom_Slick: Newsflash if you don't train for a marathon it could kill you.

Wait, are you implying that crystal meth isn't a form of training?


(doesn't use drugs)

I ran past someone who dropped dead in a half marathon. Turned out to be a U.S. Army SSgt.

The more you sweat, the less you bleed indeed.

Don't worry subby, I see what you did there



Niki!!

The last person I knew that was a marathon runner was a total nutjob. I mean, she was one of the only professors in the dept. of the university I used to work at that was denied tenure (and rightfully so.) She had emotional breakdowns where she would literally scream and cry at least a few days a week.

And she was also so thin that she looked incredibly mal-nourished and I never once saw her eat anything. When we'd have lab lunches, she would scoot the food around on her plate, but never actually take a bite.

Being in shape = good for you
Being profoundly thin to be incredibly malnourished = not good
Being profoundly fat to the point of heart problems or diabetes = not good.

Tom_Slick: Newsflash if you don't train for a marathon it could kill you.

Yeah, it sounds like "with more and more people running marathons...", that really translates to "with more and more people who don't know what they're doing running marathons...". I've heard of people "training" for marathons in the span of weeks now, not months or however long it should really take.

ambassador_ahab And she was also so thin that she looked incredibly mal-nourished and I never once saw her eat anything. When we'd have lab lunches, she would scoot the food around on her plate, but never actually take a bite.

She just sounds like a nut job. Most people who are training for an athletic event know to keep their calories up because of the heightened amount they are burning each day.

scseth She just sounds like a nut job

Actually, thats a little harsh. She sounds like a woman with body image issues, which is unfortunately more common.

ambassador_ahab: The last person I knew that was a marathon runner was a total nutjob.

As they say, long-distance runners, especially the one who go ultramarathon, are usually running FROM something.

scseth: scseth She just sounds like a nut job

Actually, thats a little harsh. She sounds like a woman with body image issues, which is unfortunately more common.

Some people are going to have heart attacks. The event is often precipitated by exertion. Guys have heart attacks all the time after mowing the yard or shoveling snow. This article can really only cause panic to the innumerate.

Also, if you live in the States, walk outside and take a good look at the next 20 people you encounter. Then come back and tell me that there is a problem in the country with too many people running too far.

/have run a marathon
//still overweight, but would be more so without the training
///there was a time when setting a goal, preparing for it, and accomplishing it was considered a good thing. just saying.

I just ran my first half-marathon yesterday, so I'm getting a kick, etc.

Seriously, the half is not the full-marathon, but there were some folks out there yesterday that definitely were delusional in their ability to complete even ONE mile, let alone the entire 13.1 miles. They were also the ones who were skipping the water stations like retards. Running all out like that without hydrating is incredibly dangerous if you do not train.

/it's that gotdamn .1 that kicks your ass
//I run so I CAN EAT

endurance sports are gay.

Lift some weights and get stronger you flabby pussies