2 runners die in Indy monumental marathon

There are complex issues at play. Men do die of heart disease at a younger age but after menopause for women the rates get closer to equalizing.

Maybe I wasn’t clear enough. About 400K people complete a marathon in the US every year. Most of those are repeat marathoners, so the population doing this kind of event accounts for 0.1-0.2% of the population. If you’re going to do something this challenging physically, you should be screened. I didn’t mean everyone should get one every year.

Did you see this yourself or read a post about it or something? My friend was just behind the 3:25 pacer at the finish and didn't see anything (but I'm sure in the last 200m of a marathon I could miss a juggling monkey on a unicycle right in front of me). Weird to think it was probably someone I saw multiple times in the race spectating if he was around there.

How many people died in Indianapolis over the weekend who weren't running? Probably more than two. Statistically over 100 people probably died in Indianapolis over the weekend, near 250 people if you include the whole metro. Assuming a 2% death rate for the population per year, and nearly 1 million people in Indianapolis proper, and over 2 million for the metro.

Living life has resulted in 100% of deaths

What is the reason there are less men? Women eat healthier/smaller portions? Or is it something else?

Men have higher death rates than women at all ages, even in utero! They just aren't as hardy as the dames.

I was walking back to my hotel and saw the medical personnel running from the finish area on to the course to aid someone at around 3:30 on the clock

Any word on the ages of the two deceased?

Fit guy in his early 50’s did a sudden face plant at a local 5K race I was at last year. Heart just stopped around two miles. Luckily several runners immediately started chest compressions and medics made it to him quickly with a defibrillator. Dude recovered and he was the honorary starter of this years race. Not sure if he can still run. Scary as I think he said he had no previous incidents or warning.

How many young people who choose the non-couch lifestyle just keel over while out on a walk?

This is why it's called health AND fitness. It doesn't matter how fit you are, if your heart explodes you're done for.

people eat meat, dairy and eggs and these contain animal protein which is toxic to the human body.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/04/15/too-much-animal-protein-linked-to-increased-diabetes-risk/

according to a plethora of scientific articles, most meat, dairy and egg-eaters will get cancer, osteoporosis or diabetes, while more than 50 percent will have a non-genetically-induced heart attack or stroke.

http://www.ornishspectrum.com/wp-content/uploads/A-Very-Low-Fat-Vegan-Diet-Increases.pdf

naturalnews.com

Eating Meat Kills More People Than Previously Thought

Eating Meat Kills More People Than Previously Thought

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pcrm.org

Health Concerns About Dairy

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Avoid the Dangers of Dairy With a Plant-Based Diet

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http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1109400?query=featured_home

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-freston/vegan-diet-cancer_b_2250052.html

http://business.inquirer.net/120035/new-study-directly-links-heart-disease-to-animal-products

No.

The important thing when a 40 year-old man dies is that more likely than not a child or children have been left without a father.

Maybe they were doing it for strava kudos.

A young guy in his 20s died in the Nice-Cannes Marathon, cardiorespiratory arrest about 100m before the finish line. RIP

He Collapsed 100 Metres From the Finish Line: a Runner Dies During the Nice-Cannes Marathon

Even within that population screening everyone would be a waste of resources.

HAHAHA nice cans! The French do love some tay-tahs, but a topless marathon? Bravo Pascal!

Almost all the running deaths I've read about (even before 2020) are half marathons and marathons. Local 5ks are filled with obese dadbods redlining it their entire 34 minute 5k. There are way more people running 5ks than marathons each year and huge number of them are incredibly out of shape, yet I rarely hear of someone dropping dead during a strenuous 5k.

So what is it about the HM and marathon distances that seem to cause these issues.

how much is this correlated? it seems like a lot of deaths are cardiac arrest in healthy athletes that have trained

Probably has nothing to do with an experimental injection given to hundreds of millions of adults worldwide without long term studies. Hmmmm.... Two more cases of "died suddenly"