Three Runners Die In Detroit Marathon
By Wyatt Earp | October 19, 2009
The marathon's finish line.
And get this: None of them died from gunshot wounds. What are the odds?
DETROIT — A half-marathoner and two other runners died during the Detroit marathon on Sunday, organizers said.
Daniel Langdon, 36, of Laingsburg, collapsed at about 9:02 a.m. between the 11- and 12-mile markers, said Rich Harshbarger, vice president of consumer marketing for the Detroit Media Partnership.
Rick Brown, 65, of Marietta, Ohio, collapsed at 9:17 a.m., near where Langdon went down, and 26-year-old Jon Fenlon of Waterford collapsed at about 9:18 a.m., just after finishing the half-marathon in 1:53:37, Harshbarger said.
It was unclear whether Brown and Langdon were participating in the 13.1-mile half marathon or the full race. (LINK)
You may not know it to look at me, but I ran for my high school cross country team. See?
I was in awesome running shape, but I never attempted a marathon. (I think the longest race I ever ran was a 10-miler.) To compete in these things, you have to be in tip-top shape, and sometimes people bite off more than they can chew. That may or not be the case here, but their deaths are surely tragic.
Topics: WTF? | 11 Comments »
Didn’t the original marathon dude die also? From the little I have read on marathons it is really bad for the body.
Just goes to show that exercise is bad for your health.
Jim Fixx was his name? His family had a history of bad hearts and running did not save him.
Sometimes people have heart attacks even though they are in good shape. When it is your time, it is your time.
I ran CC in HS. The longest I ever ran was about 9 miles in 108 degree heat. No fun at all. But it was one sport that you got to ride the bus to the meets sitting with a member of the girls team instead of a smelly guy.
Rob D – Jim Fixx? Yep, he died during a run. Heart attack, I believe.
Kaveman – Fatness, take me away! Heh.
AJ – Yep, Jim Fixx.
Ingineer66 – I spent my senior year like that. Sitting next to my girlfriend Denise Siwinski, who ran for the girls’ team. Good times.
In other sports news………..
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Come on guys don’t you know your Greek history. The original marathon was ran by a Greek messenger tasked with taking the news of the defeat of the Persians at Marathon. Pheidippides was the dudes name and the story goes that he kicked it right after delivering the message.
RAPH – Shhhh! We’re trying to sneak up on people!
RobD – Natural causes, or death by arrow?
Wyatt,
On Friday my Wife and I will attend a dedication in Quantico then we will move on to DC for the Marine Corp Marathon. This will be my wife’s second MCM. I don’t understand it but I will be there to support her. The only thing I am in shape to run is my mouth.
Jeff – Me too, anymore. I would love to get back into running shape. It was one of those things I really enjoyed.
I ran across my old ribbon for fourth place in the County meet in the 3200 meters the other day. Fourth doesn’t sound great, but I was a 260-pound offensive tackle. I was pretty proud to finish, much less finish not-last.
Most of the time they were literally setting out hurdles for the 110 in the inside lanes before I finished.