Monday, November 17, 2008

Perspective...

Yesterday, a coworker of mine shared an article she saw on MSNBC (from Men's Health). The gist of the article, written from a runner who has run marathons previously, is that marathons are dangerous, even deadly.

Out of curiosity I Googled "marathon deaths". The first link that came up was this blog-post from a noted running coach. The point of this article is to say that these dangers are rare and preventable.

Both have one point though that is irrefutable: quality training is the key to keeping yourself safe and healthy running marathons.

Not sure I needed more motivation to train... but perspective is alway good.

1 comment:

Ryan said...

For further info on the positive - check out this coach's blog from November 6th.

http://footloose.runnersworld.com/2008/11/a-few-months-ag.html