A man in my town died while he was running

beavor wrote:

A man in my town died while out running yesterday. I went on his Strava and it looked like the run uploaded. You can see the run ended a little ways down the road from his house. It feels weird to see it there on Strava case the little checkered flag on the map is probably where he died.

It's weird to think about how you can die while you're running. I guess you can die doing anything and if you spend enough time running you might die right in the middle doing it.

Anyway, I feel kind of sad about it even though I didn't really know him

How old was he?

What are the odds his name was Pheidippides?

About 25 years ago my buddy and me were about to cross Mass Ave Bridge back into Boston when we encountered a fallen jogger. His forehead was smashed as he likely had dropped dead such that he could not even get his hands out to brake his fall.

Horrifying

Dream way to go out. I hope I die of a massive heart attack while running a major marathon in my 90s. That would be the dream!!

Or late 80s, I won't be greedy.

He was decently old I think. I met him once he told me he had grand kids and he had grey hair.

But like he wasn’t right old, like not old enough to be dead

Yeah someone said you go out on your own terms. I guess that’s one way to put it.

I know a different dude who died runnin of heart attack and he died in a ditch full cat tails (the plant). He was 25 but he had some disease, but it was still unexpected

Idk if turning dead like that is my own terms but I suppose it kind of is cause you chose where you ran to. But if your coach or someone else tells you what place to run to I guess you died on their terms, which is also weird to think about

skep tic wrote:

What are the odds his name was Pheidippides?

Nah he had a more normal name

Did he take out any CRs on his final run?

That's how I'd like to go out. Or hit by a driver exiting a McDonald's drive thru. For the irony.

Nah doesn’t look like it he hit one segment but it wasn’t a PR

Regardless of how he actually died, his death certificate will list Covid-19 as cause of death.

About 17 years ago, I saw someone I knew running on the path in the other direction. A couple of hours later I found out he died on the run. It was a very warm morning and he had a heart condition. It was very sad.

skep tic wrote:

What are the odds his name was Pheidippides?

Or Jim.

Could have been COVID. Could have had a COVID induced stroke.

beavor (from my iphone) wrote:

Yeah someone said you go out on your own terms. I guess that’s one way to put it.

I know a different dude who died runnin of heart attack and he died in a ditch full cat tails (the plant). He was 25 but he had some disease, but it was still unexpected

Idk if turning dead like that is my own terms but I suppose it kind of is cause you chose where you ran to. But if your coach or someone else tells you what place to run to I guess you died on their terms, which is also weird to think about

Nahhhhhh even if you die on a run that your coach suggested, you died on your terms.

You died doing what YOU loved, so that's a perfect way to go out.

Just like this guy did that OP posted about. Running till his last breath. That's legendary stuff.

beavor (from my iphone) wrote:

He was decently old I think. I met him once he told me he had grand kids and he had grey hair.

But like he wasn’t right old, like not old enough to be dead

Like like?

beavor (from my iphone) wrote:

He was decently old I think. I met him once he told me he had grand kids and he had grey hair.

But like he wasn’t right old, like not old enough to be dead

What age is old enough to be dead???

Many people die every day from sudden cardiac death (arrhythmia), whether running or sleeping and at all ages

Well? So did the population go to zero?

I regularly have to deal with obituaries. There's a lot of really awful ways to go. More forms of cancer and dementia than you know of, and they can last for decades. Anything before your 80s is definitely too young. Even once you reach that age, there's no good way to go.

But the guys who manage to go out in old age while engaged in some active pursuit - like, a big wave surfing accident on your 87th birthday - come off looking pretty good in comparison. Jogging isn't quite to that level, and it sounds like he hadn't reached 80, but it gets a bonus for uploading to Strava. Call it a solid 7/10.

beavor wrote:

A man in my town died while out running yesterday. I went on his Strava and it looked like the run uploaded. You can see the run ended a little ways down the road from his house. It feels weird to see it there on Strava case the little checkered flag on the map is probably where he died.

It's weird to think about how you can die while you're running. I guess you can die doing anything and if you spend enough time running you might die right in the middle doing it.

Anyway, I feel kind of sad about it even though I didn't really know him

Hey, have a look at the strava for a cyclist hit by a car. Cruising cruising cruising. Stop. Then take off at a speed that sets KOMs all the way to the morgue.