RW special report: Are marathons dangerous?


	RW special report: Are marathons dangerous?

Lexica

11-3-2009 10:48 PM

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running, health, marathons, heart-attack, research

Lexica says:

Much too long to clip even a summary - click through for the whole article.

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11-3-2009 11:44 PM

clip-on-tie

Good lord, so many marathon clips LOL.

11-4-2009 12:16 AM

Lexica

Yeah, I'm kind of on a research binge.

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