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  "Participating" in Marathons may not increase risk of cardiac arrest
Jan 21, 2012
This study has been getting much play. I have not bothered to comment because there is an inherent flaw in the premise.

There is a selection problem isn't there? It all comes from the term "participating". Of course, those who do not participate will have a higher risk of cardiac arrest. Those capable of participating would have a lower risk. And, those who do not participate in marathons do many forms of exercise, including couch surfing. I see no point to the study. Why read a study that is flawed from the beginning.

But, the long-training marathoners will have a higher risk of damage in other tissues and in the ventricles of the heart. Moreover, the hardest trainers have shorter telomeres.
  Physiologic Capacity
Dec 3, 2011
I stress physiologic capacity in my book and in all I do. The word is getting out and a good deal of research supports capacity over the more conventional measures of fitness and health.
  Catching up on marathon deaths
Nov 28, 2011
I did not feel like posting these stories during the Holiday or even on Black Friday. With no comment here are the latest reports.
  More Deaths in Running Events
Nov 7, 2011
More sad, but expected news on the running front.
  The Decline in Violence
Nov 3, 2011
Violence of all kinds has declined in all countries and in every kind of crime.

Don't believe it? Read or listen to the evidence wonderfully presented by the great Steven Pinker.
  Just 27 and dead
Oct 17, 2011
He died in a marathon in Toronto. When the police were asked if he was in the marathon, they replied he had a number on. How many is that this year? At least half a dozen, likely closer to a dozen.
  Death in Chicago
Oct 9, 2011
This time in the marathon, not the usual way. Detroit had 3 deaths in its marathon. Chicago just this one, but others in past years. We had no deaths in our Saint George marathon this week.

See chicago.
  A Rash of Triathlon Deaths
Sep 13, 2011
I hate to keep reporting these deaths, but it is my job.

This death was in the bike ride portion, a less common segment to die in. By the time of the bike ride, it is no longer the panic of the swim with many competitors trashing around you. Given that it occured this late in the event, the death would be more likely a result of the long duration and the accumulation of stress hormones and simple exhaustion of muscles of the heart operating in ischemia.
  Extreme Events Matter
Sep 5, 2011
This is one of my themes and is related to the non-linearity of all physiological processes. Of course, they ought to be brief, but intense.

Here is a paper by Dr. Rowe, published in Lancet and on his web site.
  More Runner Deaths
Sep 4, 2011
People Die in all sorts of ways, but dangerous running can at least be avoided. It is not that a person cannot run, but that the running ought not to be too strenuous and repetive. Playful running, sprinting, easy forest running and games with their more natural, rest-burst patterns are fun and healthful.
 
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