There have been 171 deaths during ironman competitions worldwide.
Completing an ultra marathon is a feat of endurance but do the risks outweigh the benefits? ‘I found myself being attacked by an ostrich once. I also saw someone almost die in front of me in a river in Panama, because he was dehydrating. He was telling me; “tell my wife I love her”, it was horrible.’ These are the words of Allie Bailey, an endurance runner with more than 200 marathons and ultra-marathons under her belt.
Go down on the ground and you can cook. I slowed to as easy a pace as I could manage without falling over. That kept a self-made light breeze going. You get into an endless time space. A long time later I saw a bookshop. I went in, and lay down to one side of the entrance to cool off in the air conditioning. I felt the after effects for around a month.’ Brian urges people to train properly and be ‘intelligent’ about competitions.
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