Best places during a marathon to die
The San Francisco Marathon was held yesterday. The SF Chronicle describes the route like this:"The full marathon route followed the Embarcadero, looped across the Golden Gate Bridge and back, wound through Golden Gate Park and ended near the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero."
They neglect to mention the hills. Riding my bike around the city, the best thing I can say about the hills is that on a bike, I can look forward to going down them. On foot, yeah, it's easier running downhill, but it's not a moment to sit back and chill as on wheels.
This year, a runner died for the first time in the SF race's history. He was at mile 24. That got me thinking, what's the best place to die during a marathon (loosely ranked)?
3) The Finish Line: The only thing worse than dying during a marathon is dying so close to the end. At least he could've gotten to finish.
2) Mile 1: How'd you spend the last couple hours of your life? Suffering miserably while running around SF. Wouldn't it have been better to keel over before really getting going? I think so.
1) At home: How about from the comfort of home? Skipping the marathon altogether because there's good bacon to eat for breakfast that day.
posted by Torgo @ 2:58 PM
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The end. Didn't the original marathon runner supposedly die at the end? That would be an appropriate tribute.
That's the story. He ran from Athens to Marathon, then dropped dead. If anything's a potential indicator that a sport is not a great idea, think of that story. Other sports aren't like that. "Yeah, the first guy to play golf hit a little white ball with a stick, then dropped dead."
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