On Saturday, a son & a nephew planned to run the Chicago Marathon the next morning. The weather forecast was very clear: it was going to be hot, no ifs, ands or buts. I told my wife that I was very concerned about the anticipated temperature, and expected that deaths could occur during this race, and that perhaps my family members could spend all of this energy doing something that was actually constructive and useful to society.
To nobody's surprise, a death did indeed occur during the race, and many were hospitalized. My nephew was reportedly puking his guts out by the half way point. Medical tents were full and supplies of water and Gatorade ran out. A decision was made at some point to tell the slower runners that they could no complete the race if they had not reached the half-way point by a certain time, and other runners were instructed to walk the last few miles of this race.
Clearly this race has nothing to do with good health. What is the point?
2007-10-08 02:37:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Running
the chicago marathon is like any marathon. people have goals and personal reasons for running any sort of marathon. Some do it for health, some for others, some for themselves. the marathon is the milestone that many hope to achieve. now with the chicago marathon it was really hot and it was advised that people should take it easy. they could not simply close a spectacular event but the heat and taken a toll on people and required something to be done for the safety of runners. but it goes to show that with the temperatures, people still went out determined to run that race. the sickness and exhaustion just happened to occur and it was unfortunate. but shows how important the marathon was to the people.
2007-10-08 05:58:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Running is good health. A marathon is an individual choice in setting a goal then pushing the body to achieve it. I will give you that the marathon itself screwed up in letting the water/gatorade run out, shame on them for that! However every individual should know their body's limits, that's what all the months of training is for.
Once more, running is good health!
2007-10-08 05:39:33 · answer #2 · answered by dropin64 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thousands of people come from all over the world to run in big races. People have to train for the weather, and they should not have run out of water. The problems you mention are terrible, but athletes prepare for these events and we don't expect that it will always be perfect. In Kuwait I ran a 10K--the temps were between 128 and 140 between the beginning and end of the race.
2007-10-08 03:08:16 · answer #3 · answered by Nelson_DeVon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
setting goals and achieving them. also breaking down mental and physical barriers. marathon is one of the most demanding things you can put your body through other than the Ironman.
2007-10-08 03:57:10 · answer #4 · answered by bengalsown777 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol i like that thanks for the 2 pts
2016-05-18 23:05:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋