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Catherine Forsythe in
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10 19th, 2009 |
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It is ironic timing. Erin Allday, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, filed an article on October 17 about heart fitness and competition. She wrote:
“… It’s rare for athletes to die in training or competition, but a handful of recent fatalities have drawn attention to a devastating reality: A small percentage of Americans have hidden heart defects that can kill them if they put too much stress on the muscle.”
link: Runners’ heart woes can be discovered too late
Ms Allday wrote that article prior to the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco. In Detroit, the next day, three runners died competing in the Detroit marathon.
Catherine Forsythe
[Photo via Newscom: Susan Tusa/Detroit Free Press/MCT]
