(oooh, rhabdo death in the NYC Marathon. Usually it's cardiac issues.🙏)
24-year-old woman dies after collapsing in final stages of New York City Marathon
Father says Rachel Apa died from rhabdomyolysis
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WebMD: Rhabdomyolysis: What Is It?
"...Some doctors have seen an uptick in rhabdomyolysis cases, which they attribute to the rise of extreme exercise, such as high-intensity interval training, spinning, CrossFit, and ultrarunning...."
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/rhabdomyolysis-symptoms-causes-treatments
@ai6yr
Um...
> Nontraumatic causes of rhabdomyolysis include: ... Viral infections such as the flu, COVID-19, HIV, or herpes simplex virus
(curious on how much pre-training she put in before this.. or just bad luck? ie pushed it too far despite general fitness, but not adapted to the massive strain that a marathon puts on your body? Anyway, sorry to hear it.)
@ai6yr i could be wrong, but i don’t think rhabdo has a straightforward relationship with training / prep (aside from like, if you’re doing intense “practice” right before intense effort you can be setting yourself up for it). if anything i’d expect the statistical correlation would be with more-trained athletes being willing to try to “push through it”
@ryan Bummer... just wondering if there's some prevention possible.
@ai6yr I don't want to speculate about this case, but having seen what it looks like up close and personal in an ICU, and the long recovery, rhabdomyolysis can be an absolutely devastating condition even if you survive. (The case I saw was not exercise related unless you want to think of seizures as exercise.)