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samanthajane13
10-19-2009, 01:17 PM
DETROIT – Family and friends of three half-marathoners who died during the Detroit marathon say the runners had trained for the race and were unsure what could have caused the deaths.

Autopsies are scheduled for Monday.

Officials say 36-year-old Daniel Langdon collapsed at about 9:02 a.m. Sunday between the 11- and 12-mile markers and 65-year-old Rick Brown collapsed at 9:17 a.m., near where Langdon went down.

Officials say 26-year-old Jon Fenlon collapsed at about 9:18 a.m., just after finishing the 13.1-mile half-marathon in 1:53:37.

Laura Fenlon tells The Detroit News her son had always been an athlete and she did not know of any medical problems he may have had.

The deaths mark the first fatalities at the Detroit Free Press Marathon since one runner died in 1994.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091019/ap_on_sp_ot/ath_free_press_marathon_deaths
One2Snoop
10-19-2009, 01:55 PM
Wow! :eek: 3 people at one marathon died within minutes of one another. That's really unusual. I hope no one spiked their Gatorade.

For the marathon runners....

:rose: :rose: :rose:
SaraSidle
10-19-2009, 05:49 PM
Wow! :eek: 3 people at one marathon died within minutes of one another. That's really unusual. I hope no one spiked their Gatorade.

For the marathon runners....

:rose: :rose: :rose:

I heard about this since I live in Michigan. I cannot believe the timing either.
I would really like to know if running is bad for you or they had pre-existing conditions. if you have a condition like that and you do not find out until you run that is going to be very bad. I am going to stick to walking.

I feel very bad for the families. Terrible shock.
BeastofBears
10-19-2009, 07:35 PM
I heard about this since I live in Michigan. I cannot believe the timing either.
I would really like to know if running is bad for you or they had pre-existing conditions. if you have a condition like that and you do not find out until you run that is going to be very bad. I am going to stick to walking.

I feel very bad for the families. Terrible shock.

As for running being bad for you, not in general. However, the first man who ever ran a marathon dropped dead at the end of it, as did 2 of the 3 runners. So my bet is, the human body is not entirely meant to run 26 miles in 2 hours. jmo.