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- From: reidyj@storm.CS.ORST.EDU (Jay Reidy)
- Newsgroups: rec.running
- Subject: Re: why'd I die @ 14 mi?
- Message-ID: <1gm1hmINNnsq@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 01:42:14 GMT
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Oregon State University
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- In article <1992Dec15.123310.16813@hou.amoco.com> ztac18@hou.amoco.com writes:
- >Help me figure this one out, you smart people:
- >
- If you've run the distance before, especially in competition, it
- sounds like you may have just had a bad day. Or some bad food
- before the run.
-
- I ran a marathon once, and at about 18 I started to get really
- sick, like I had the flu. I chalked it up to the distance and kept
- on going. I spent the next week in bed with cramps, chills, the
- barfs and all the rest. I DID have the flu.
-
- Maybe the same thing happened to you??
- -- my two cents worth.
-
- Jay
- reidyj@storm.cs.orst.educ
-