{"id":1215,"date":"2009-04-01T04:07:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T09:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2009-03-31T21:07:49","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T02:07:49","slug":"triathlons-twice-as-deadly-as-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2009\/triathlons-twice-as-deadly-as-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Triathlons Twice as Deadly as Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mplsheart.com\/Practices\/PracticeGroups\/Cardiology\/Harris.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"DrHarris\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mplsheart.com\/~\/media\/Images\/Physicians\/DoctorImages\/harris.ashx\" alt=\"Dr Kevin Harris\" width=\"160\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Kevin Harris<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A recent study by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mplsheart.com\/Publications.aspx\">Minneapolis Heart Institute<\/a> provides data that twice as many people die, per million during triathlons than marathons.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/news\/ci_12019168?source=rss\">Pioneer Press<\/a> reported on Dr Harris&#8217; research:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Marathon-related deaths made headlines in November 2007 when 28-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/shays-autopsy-released\/\">Ryan Shay<\/a> died while competing in New York in the men&#8217;s marathon Olympic trials. Statistics show that for every million participants in these 26.2-mile running races, there will be four to eight deaths.The rate for triathletes is far higher &#8211;15 out of a million, the new study shows. Almost all occurred during the swim portion, usually the first event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That most triathlon deaths occur during the swim portion of the event makes sense.\u00a0 Any injury or fatigue in the water could create a potential drowning incident.\u00a0 Both events are still relatively safe, in a 33 month period 14 triathletes died out of a total of 922,000 competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 14 athletes, 6 were autopsied and four of those had documentable pre-exsisting heart conditions.\u00a0 The water temperature and stress of competition can exasperacte these conditions.\u00a0 A normal heart may also react negatively in these situations as well.<\/p>\n<p>Their advice:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Doctors offer these tips to anyone considering a triathlon:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Get a checkup to make sure you don&#8217;t have hidden heart problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Train adequately long before the event, including open-water swims \u2014 not just in pools.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Acclimate yourself to the water temperature shortly before a race, and wear a wetsuit if it&#8217;s too cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Make sure the race has medical staff and defibrillators on site.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[tags] Triathlon, Marathon, Heart, Heart Research [\/tags]<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/38372e0c-c7ec-4f22-bb49-cadb7dbc829b\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?w=625\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study by the Minneapolis Heart Institute provides data that twice as many people die, per million during triathlons than marathons. The Pioneer Press reported on Dr Harris&#8217; research: Marathon-related deaths made headlines in November 2007 when 28-year-old Ryan Shay died while competing in New York in the men&#8217;s marathon Olympic trials. Statistics show [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30,4,39,24],"tags":[429,679,431,430,94,61,724],"class_list":["post-1215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-information","category-research","category-safety","tag-kevin-harris","tag-marathon","tag-medical-research","tag-multi-sports","tag-ryan-shay","tag-sports","tag-triathlon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-jB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2007\/olympic-trials-triumph-and-tragedy\/","url_meta":{"origin":1215,"position":0},"title":"Olympic Trials: Triumph and Tragedy","author":"crossn81","date":"November 7, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"In an amazing performance early Saturday morning, Ryan Hall shattered the Olympic Marathon Trials record in an amazing 6 mile breakaway to finish in 2:09:02 (4:55).\u00a0 He finished over 2 minutes ahead of his soon to be teammate Dathan Ritzenhein who broke away and finished in 2:11:07 (5:00).\u00a0 Third place\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Olympics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Olympics","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/category\/olympics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":266,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2008\/elite-running-cookbook\/","url_meta":{"origin":1215,"position":1},"title":"Elite Running Cookbook","author":"crossn81","date":"May 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Ever wonder what Deena Kastor cooks at home? 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