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XP: Thoughts/Prayers and a PSA
I'm C&P'ing my post from H&F...thought the PSA part may apply here since some of you guys are still working out hardcore. I'm hoping to have updates tomorrow.
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My friend was running her ~4th (may have been her 3rd) marathon today. She's in her early 50s and has been running for a while now...she's in very good shape and has trained hard for this race. The race was serving Gatorade Endurance on the course, which she doesn't usually like - normally we all carry our own sports drinks, gels, etc., so I'm not sure if she didn't have anything with her or if she'd run out or what happened exactly, but she dropped out of the race around Mile 17. From what I've heard she couldn't really talk, and when she did manage to talk, she was very incoherent...another friend managed to get her to the medical tent ASAP and it turned out that she was severely dehydrated and her electrolytes were really out of balance. She's been transferred to the hospital and is being kept overnight now b/c it looks like she suffered a mini-stroke (don't remember the exact name of the condition) and the doctors want to know WHY. She'll be fine once she recovers, but if you can spare any thoughts for a speedy recovery, it'd be appreciated.And now for a PSA - remember to replace your electrolytes when you're exercising for an extended period of time. We've all made this mistake (I just did it yesterday on a 10 mile run). I never thought I'd get a call that one of my friends was getting taken to the hospital for something like this - something that she could so easily control.
Re: XP: Thoughts/Prayers and a PSA
Thanks guys...we were all pretty freaked out yesterday. I still haven't heard anything new. She's a really close friend and her daughter is a very good friend of mine too. I've been running w/them since I got started 2 1/2 years ago.
Yep, I heard about the Detroit deaths last night too. Kinda scary to hear about all this 2 weeks before my own race. It really makes me stop and re-think what I'm doing, but the dangers are always there...it just takes being smart and knowing when to say "enough."
.: Diary of a Recovering Runner :.