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Is Marathoning Dangerous

Printer friendly version Posted on: Wednesday October 21 01:34:33 PM
No

When comparing death rates in large cities who host marathons, even when there was a death of a runner, it was discovered that on the month of the marathon there were fewer deaths than for the same month during other years. The reason, it turned out, was that because of all the street closures which were needed for the event, there were fewer traffic deaths!
 
Full article
http://calorielab.com/news/2009/10/19/dr-j-on-marathon-deaths-in-detroit/

in my words, it need not be debated. More people running = more people healthy = less people dying (young)

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 Posted by Dave on: Wednesday October 21 01:34:33 PM

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