The craziest thing about this story to me is that he was only 6 miles in. As they mention in the video, autopsy results are pending. It is very scary to think that something like this can happen to a top athlete with unbelievable endurance. Scary and very sad.
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This was really disturbing. The guy was an elite athlete and the weather was decent for running. Several years ago, one of my friends died on a run on a hot, humid day in Washington, DC. He was a skinny guy and a good runner, but the conditions of the day made the situation understandable, at least. I’m sure the death in NY will have big repercussions in the running world. For a guy in his 60s, like me, dying while running is preferable to dying in a pool of urine in a wheelchair in a nursing home, but for a guy that young, it’s a big tragedy.