Two L.A cops die in a marathon

[bigmack]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two men, both veteran law enforcement officers, suffered fatal heart attacks while running in Sunday's Los Angeles Marathon, marking the first deaths in the event since 1990, organizers said on Monday. Los Angeles police detective Raul Reyna, 53, and retired Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy James Leone, 60, are believed to be the second and third contestants in the 21-year history of the L.A. Marathon to die during the 26.2-mile (40-km) race.

Marathon officials said the only other runner known to have died in the race was 59-year-old William McKinney, who suffered a heart attack 21 miles into the competition in 1990. Reyna collapsed 3 miles into the race. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Leone was stricken less than 3 miles from the finish line and died at a local hospital, officials said.

A third man had a heart attack about seven blocks into the race but survived."

Hey honey,take a pic.I'm running....i'm running....I'M DEAD. What an IDIOT!

 

[KAMIKAZI]

What a way to die.

 

[MATW95]

Tragic

 

[Taliq]

Shows what a life time of donuts can lead to.

 

[Duke]

^^ hahaha

Seriously though, fucking idiots.

1.) You don't "just" run a marathon like "just" eating a bag of donuts.
2.) Just fucking stop when you feel like your heart's gonna explode.


After a lifetime of sitting in police cruisers, eating donuts and only the occasional run or "trying to stay fit" routine, running marathons is one of the things you shouldn't be doing at your venerable age of 60 years old.

I want to say RIP, but their stupidity bars me from it.

 

[vg4030]

Hey honey,take a pic.I'm running....i'm running....I'M DEAD. What an IDIOT!

Why are they idiots?

 

[Butt Rubber]

the only good cop is a dead cop :thumb:


haha just playin, RIP

 

[BIG NASTY]

the only good cop is a dead cop :thumb:

 

[Jurhum]

the only good cop is a dead cop

Anyone who says this and means it should be shot.

 

[bigmack]

Why are they idiots?

you havent seen wedding crashers?

 

[PuffnScruff]

Anyone who says this and means it should be shot.

:thumb:

 

[vg4030]

Anyone who says this and means it should be shot.

..... by a bad cop

 

[vg4030]

you havent seen wedding crashers?

yeah but it was a while ago and i dont remember

 

[bigmack]

yeah but it was a while ago and i dont remember

well if you remembered the Chaz segment towards the end of the movie,you'd get my joke

 

[vg4030]

^^ lol I bet i killed ur joke by asking so many questions...

 

[bigmack]

^^ lol I bet i killed ur joke by asking so many questions...

sadly,you did.fuck you

 

[Get In The Van I Have Candy]

R.I.P. I am amazed how people in their 50's and 60's can run a 26 mile marathon and actually complete it.

 

[Cown]

how nice

 

[Duke]

R.I.P. I am amazed how people in their 50's and 60's can run a 26 mile marathon and actually complete it.

Apparently, they can't.

Running a marathon takes a lot of training first up. If you're over 50, you need to know really well what you are getting into and be very aware of your own limitations.

It's a tragedy of course, both men i'm sure had loving relatives and left behind a lot of sad people, but reading about such deaths i just can't really bring myself to cough up the sympathy, it's blocked by a huge glob of "omg thats so stupid"-ness.

Especially the dude that collapsed after 3 miles. I mean, come ooooooooon.

 

[BIG NASTY]

Anyone who says this and means it should be shot.

shoot me