Can Too Much Running Cause Death?

by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, October 22, 2009 • 28 Comments

Death by running?  Talk about an oxymoron.  The once savior to all heart disease is now a possible culprit?  Say it ain’t so!  Well, just this past week there were three deaths in the Detroit Marathon.  The incidents all happened within 16 minutes of one another—most likely all from cardiac arrest.  But don’t worry, as suggested by the CNN article titled, “Despite 3 deaths in Detroit race, runner fatalities are rare”, these incidents are not common.  Whew!  A sigh of relief if you love running and participate in long distance events like the marathon, right?  Not so fast.  What I’m about to tell you may have you thinking otherwise…

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