Another marathoner, this time an elite Olympic hopeful, has kicked the bucket during a a case of the runs.The US was holding its Beijing team trials the day before the famed New York City Marathon today and 28 year old Ryan Shay dropped dead at the 5.5 mile mark of the race. An autopsy is pending.
This comes after another runner died a few weeks back at the unseasonably-warm Chicago marathon.
I get that these two deaths fall well inside the expected norms when we talk about the number of people participating in this nonsense.
But, I couldn't help remembering the tragic irony of old Jim Fixx, once the high priest of the running religion...who also died of a massive heart attack out on a training run.
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