Is it harmful? Is marathon good for your health? Running a marathon is harmful to your health.

In recent years, "marathons" are in full swing all over the country, and it is even necessary to draw lots to participate in famous domestic marathons such as Ma Bei, Malaysia Airlines and Ma Shang. 20 16 The number of applicants for the Beijing Marathon exceeded 66,000, setting a new record for the number of applicants for the whole marathon in China. In 20 15, China held more than 100 marathons, with the number of participants10.3 million. Number of participants in marathon and related activities (full horse, half horse, mini-run, family run, couple run, etc.). ) increased by more than 700,000.

As more and more people join the ranks of running, walking and other sports and fitness, there are not a few knee and joint injuries caused by excessive exercise. Marathon events in various places have repeatedly exposed cases of injury or even sudden death. On June 18 this year, a 38-year-old female athlete fainted 50 meters before the finish line in the triathlon held in Jinhaihu, Pinggu, Beijing, and eventually died after being rescued. Ma Yanxing, the "goddess of running", also has a painful lesson about excessive exercise. 20 15 Beijing Marathon, she finished the race with a personal best of 2 hours and 50 minutes. In the Chicago Marathon of June 65438+ 10 this year, she unexpectedly retired at 2 1 km. She said, "overtraining and unreasonable diet have turned my body red."