Body Systems: Marathon

Body Systems: Marathon

Key Idea 5: Organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life.

Marathon Runner

What would cause a marathon runner to collapse?

What would cause a marathon runner to collapse or die?

Challenge:

A marathon is a 26.2-mile race. People often train for months leading up to the race in order to successfully complete this type of long-distance running challenge. Sometimes, runners aren’t able to finish the race, or runners collapse and die shortly after the race. Your challenge is to use your findings from research articles, data sets, and other class activities in order to determine and explain what is causing marathon runners to collapse and sometimes die.

Open Ended

In your own words, Explain why marathon runners might collapse after the run and possibly die.

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Terms‌ ‌to‌ ‌Know:

Marathon- is long-distance running, usually  26 miles.

Endurance - how long your muscles work.

Tempo - the pace at which you run every mile.

Bib Number

Every runner is given a running number and it is written on a paper called a “Bib” so that they can tracked the time it takes them to finish the race.