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.
