The Young Professional Blogs Aggregator (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Three runners die during Detroit marathon. I used to admire marathon runners, thinking them to be at the peak of fitness. No more: such deaths are pretty common -- not because people haven't trained well enough, but apparently because they're doing s...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Cardiovascular diseases are difficult to screen for, but the practice of doing so is critical to ensure safe athletic participation. This fact is emphasized by the recent deaths of three individuals in the Detroit Marathon on October 18th, 2009. The new study published in the November/December issue of Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach discusses the issues of cardiovascular screening.
medinnovationblog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
A Hypothetical Example of Disruptive Innovation and Predictive Modeling Running is not an innocuous activity, even for veteran runners. Jim Fixx, author of The Complete Book of Running, died at 52 while running, and Dr. Richard Lillihei, a surgeon and fitness expert, dropped at 53 while running. In the ½ Detroit Marathon recently, in which 8500 runners participated, three runners, all males,...
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
From Live Science: The deaths of three runners at Sunday's Detroit Marathon were tragic, but probably not representative of any increasing danger inherent in the sport. In fact, the deaths are likely to be a statistical fluke, doctors say. A 26-year-old half-marathon runner, and two other runners — a 36-year-old and 65-year-old — died during the event. Though autopsy results are pending,...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Free and confidential grief counseling is being offered for Detroit marathon runners, volunteers and medical personnel affected by the deaths of 3 half-marathoners at Sunday's event.
The Lonely Conservative (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Which news story below is not absolutely made up? Choose carefully. A: Government Proposes Marathon Tax In light of the recent tragic deaths of three Detroit marathon competitors, the government has issued a panel to look into the possibility of imposing the newest in a series of “sin taxes”. A marathon tax would be applied to help curtail [...]
CNN (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Three runners collapsed and died during the Detroit Marathon on Sunday. Although that news is shocking and frightening for runners and non-runners alike, such deaths are rare, experts say.
CNN (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Three runners collapsed and died during the Detroit Marathon on Sunday. Although that news is shocking and frightening for runners and non-runners alike, such deaths are rare, experts say.
findability.org (RSS 0.91) (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
I turned 40 this year. I didn't buy a sports car. Instead, I ran my first marathon. The race was yesterday. We ran across bridges and borders and through the streets of Detroit cheered on by great friends and perfect strangers. I'm happy with my results. At 3:08:53 , I qualified for Boston and showed all those young whippersnappers that us old folks still got game. So, before the experience fades...
Monday Morning Crisis Quarterback (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
The last time someone died during the Detroit marathon was in 1994, when a 42 year-old runner died of a heart attack. That is until yesterday , when 3 people died in a span of 16 minutes while running the half marathon. They weren't running together, and the weather wasn't hot -- it was in the 40s here in Michigan yesterday. This is troubling on a number of levels. First of all, we really don't think...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Time magazine, as part of its ongoing effort to cover the city of Detroit, today posted a photo essay from a runner in Sunday's Detroit marathon.
RightFielders (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
By now you’ve heard the news of the Detroit marathon - 3 died, 2 during the run and the other after finishing the half marathon. Such a sad story. Read more about it below. It was the 32nd annual event for the Detroit marathon. 3 died; 36-year-old Daniel Langdon, 65-year-old Rick Brown and [...]
USA Today (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Autopsies for the three men who died running Sunday's Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon are complete, but it still isn't clear ...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
DETROIT (AP) A half-marathoner and two other runners died during the 32nd annual Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon on Sunday, organizers said. Daniel Langdon, 36, of Laingsburg, collapsed at about 9:02 a.m. between the 11- and 12-mile (17.7 km and 19.3 km) markers, said Rich Harshbarger, vice president of consumer marketing for the Detroit Media Partnership.
JustOneMinute (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Three runners died in the Detroit half-marathon (run in combination with the Detroit Marathon). That is very unusual: Experts: Marathon deaths usually rare In the span of just 16 minutes, three men collapsed and died while running the 32nd Detroit...
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