3 Runners Die in 16 Minutes

[Yhtomit]

Read this, and tell me that running's healthy. I think my life expectancy will be just fine if I stay on this chair, right here, and just eat less.

[BoshansStudios]

No, sitting in there chair all day will make you die pretty fast as well. They ran a marathon and pushed themselves too hard.

[Jamoke]

Fatalities among marathon runners are comparatively rare, with a risk of approximately one in 100,000.

More like three in 19,000 now. That 11 mi. to 13 mi. zone was a real deathtrap.

[Cyprus]

Everything kills you, people even die when having sex. Running is great for your body whether or not a few people couldnt make it through the death trap without their hearts exploding.

[TheSporkLord]

they pushed themselves too hard. it happens, the original marathon runner died as well. ( memory is a little fuzzy ) he ran from sparta to somewhere else ( i think ) told them they won the war and then ran all the way back and a gain and again

[MudkipsPiano]

I think it's funny, lol

I always thought track and field was an absolute killer. I hated it.

[VladimirJFaust]

"Gee it sure is a nice day for a run. Nothing could get better than thi---"

*Dies*

Famous last words.

They probably didn't even know they weren't in the best of health before they started the run. Before running in a marathon, consult your doctor to make sure you will be able to run, or this may happen to you is the lesson here I assume.

[ZOMGALIENS]

They planted bombs in their stomachs and died.

That is the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

[flashwarrior]

"Fatalities among marathon runners are comparatively rare, with a risk of approximately one in 100,000. "

Yep, I guess I shouldn't run ever again, I might die.

[Warrickneff]

At 10/19/09 04:01 PM, Jamoke wrote:

Fatalities among marathon runners are comparatively rare, with a risk of approximately one in 100,000.

More like three in 19,000 now. That 11 mi. to 13 mi. zone was a real deathtrap.

I'm betting the water station at mile 10 was poisoned. I know I don't trust the water people hand out at marathons. Sneaky wannabe do-gooders.

Or maybe since dying in a marathon depends on so many different factors it takes on a normal gaussian distribution and the possibility of 3 people in 19,000 dying on any given day is a real possibility, although rare.

But who knows. :)

[LynchedJohNNY]

At 10/19/09 04:05 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: they pushed themselves too hard. it happens, the original marathon runner died as well. ( memory is a little fuzzy ) he ran from the battle of Midway to Athens and shouted Nike before dying.
Fixed

I guess everything the Greeks have done can be contributed to the Spartans eh?

[TheSporkLord]

At 10/19/09 04:32 PM, LynchedJohNNY wrote:

At 10/19/09 04:05 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: they pushed themselves too hard. it happens, the original marathon runner died as well. ( memory is a little fuzzy ) he ran from the battle of Midway to Athens and shouted Nike before dying.
Fixed

I guess everything the Greeks have done can be contributed to the Spartans eh?

hey i said my memory was fuzzy, i could have gotten some details wrong

[chubbthehippo]

At 10/19/09 04:03 PM, Cyprus wrote: Everything kills you, people even die when having sex. Running is great for your body whether or not a few people couldnt make it through the death trap without their hearts exploding.

OMFG ITS THE APOCALYPSE, 2012 OMGOMGOMG

[Rabid-Animals]

Aaaannnd... that's why I like being averagely active. Trekking around campus all day is enough for me.

[Jerrid22]

The real question to this is, who gives a rats furry ass?

[TheMirage]

One of my neighbours ran that marathon, and all of the deaths were from cardiac arrest. It's odd how all of the people died on the US side of the marathon, but no one died on our side.

[kchrules]

Thats why I bike

[xscoot]

You think they were running a marathon to stop heart disease?