The exercise “recovery” industry is largely bogus

Re:The exercise “recovery” industry is largely bogus by FigBug on Saturday February 09, 2019 @10:23AM (#19122689)

> There’s never been a case of a runner dying of dehydration on a marathon course

I don't think this is true, unless the claim is 'on a marathon course' so they can discount dying later in the hospital. Still, it's not common.

https://www.haaretz.com/1.5150497

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Re:The exercise “recovery” industry is largely bogus by jzylstra on Saturday February 09, 2019 @10:33AM (#19122752)

There is an adverse cardiac event for one in every ~50,000 runners of a marathon. Complications of a heart attack may include death.

This point was mentioned by the health director of the NYC marathon, an MD responsible for an event which sees ~50,000 runners participating each year.

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