Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Detroit's killer marathon


Heck, they're lucky they weren't murdered.

Okay, okay. That was a bit harsh.

They were lucky they weren't assaulted, robbed, murdered, and then raped.

It was held in Detroit, after all.


3 runners die competing in the Detroit marathon

DETROIT (AP) — A half-marathoner and two other runners died during the Detroit marathon on Sunday, organizers said.

Daniel Langdon, 36, of Laingsburg, collapsed at about 9:02 a.m. between the 11- and 12-mile markers, said Rich Harshbarger, vice president of consumer marketing for the Detroit Media Partnership.

Rick Brown, 65, of Marietta, Ohio, collapsed at 9:17 a.m., near where Langdon went down, and 26-year-old Jon Fenlon of Waterford collapsed at about 9:18 a.m., just after finishing the half-marathon in 1:53:37, Harshbarger said.

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