Marathons bad for you?

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Johnny Sleighs Dec 2011 12:07pm, 7 Dec 2011 13,315 posts	0 Johnny Sleighs Just because you regularly exercise a body part doesn'tmean it'll get any bigger I'm living proof
Johnny Sleighs Dec 2011 12:07pm, 7 Dec 2011 13,316 posts	0 Johnny Sleighs Oops
mulbed wine Dec 2011 12:08pm, 7 Dec 2011 4,458 posts	0 mulbed wine lols
heebie the hard nosed reindeer Dec 2011 1:35pm, 7 Dec 2011 1,989 posts	0 heebie the hard nosed reindeer LionBar, having read it, has just forbidden me from endurance training. You'd think he'd know better by now
♣BelleVueRacer♣of Beartown Dec 2011 5:18pm, 7 Dec 2011 5,072 posts	0 ♣BelleVueRacer♣of Beartown Well this is all very re-assuring - the article didn't make it that clear (TBH I only skim read it). I will prob get lots of comments from friends with yet another reason why running is bad for me. At least I now know that my next marathon won't be my last!
jennywren Dec 2011 5:25pm, 7 Dec 2011 9,417 posts	0 jennywren See you at the Lakeland 50 then Heebie
Fenland Runner Dec 2011 5:40pm, 7 Dec 2011 11,791 posts	0 Fenland Runner To be fair, this is very old news, the guy who organises the Lakeland 50/100 reported the study about endurance events altering the heart around 12 months ago.
Badger Dec 2011 11:30pm, 7 Dec 2011 3,047 posts	0 Badger That's pretty typical for academic journal publishing cycles: original manuscript got to them in March (would have been presented at a conference earlier, most likely), accepted after revisions in October, published online now. Two months from acceptance to online publication is quite quick.
Kieren Dec 2011 11:38pm, 7 Dec 2011 3,283 posts	0 Kieren I have a problem with my right ventricle, I'd be interested in reading the full report if anyone has a copy?
The_Saint Dec 2011 11:40pm, 7 Dec 2011 5,131 posts	0 The_Saint Running marathons is actually a lot safer than driving, this isn't a hypothesis, its hard data (that I have linked to at least twice before) bmj.com But where is the fun in saying that exercise is good for you? Results The marathons provided results for 3 292 268 runners on 750 separate days encompassing about 14 million hours of exercise. There were 26 sudden cardiac deaths observed, equivalent to a rate of 0.8 per 100 000 participants (95% confidence interval 0.5 to 1.1). Because of road closure, an estimated 46 motor vehicle fatalities were prevented, equivalent to a relative risk reduction of 35% (95% confidence interval 17% to 49%). The net reduction in sudden death during marathons amounted to a ratio of about 1.8 crash deaths saved for each case of sudden cardiac death observed (95% confidence interval: 0.7 to 3.8). The net reduction in total deaths could not be explained by re-routing traffic to other regions or days and was consistent across different parts of the country, decades of the century, seasons of the year, days of the week, degree of competition, and course difficulty. Conclusion Organised marathons are not associated with an increase in sudden deaths from a societal perspective, contrary to anecdotal impressions fostered by news media.