22-year-old dies after StanChart half-marathon

Sad.. my sympathy goes to the family. For the next group of runners ;;;;; if you cannot tahan just give up... don't try to be a hero... it is not worth it. The organisers get the credit and the medal , you know. Any way you need vigorous training also. Just be a plain fellow don't ever try to kay gou.

omg!
me no run - brisk walk ok liao
take care..

We so often hear things like : "it's all in the mind" when someone thinks they can just do what they are determined/driven to do. So, this will hopefully wake those "psychos" up. PLEASE... know thy limits before a sports event turns into a suicidal event. Find your own talent. It's just like not everyone is/can be a Mohd Ali.

RIP, and condolences to the family. Proper training is required to condition oneself for the grueling run to minimize the risk of injury or even death. If a person can run 2.4k at 9 minutes, does not mean he is automatically ready for a 21km.

Even the fittest athlete can just suddenly drop dead for no apparent reason. I remember Marc Vivien Foe who once played for West Ham United. He collapsed during a football match and passed away just like that.....! Moral of the story is : Never take your life for granted! Live it to the fullest every single day for no one knows when our exact expiry date is............

Sad..

I took part in the 10km run. As I ran, I was wondering why the heck I paid $42 just to run. Then I realised we have all been used! By the organising committee to fulfill their Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in their job! That committee page in the event booklet is redundant. Who the heck bothers who they are, except their bosses?

Condolences to the family. I know how it felt to lose your loved ones...

Causes of heart attack.......60% due to Food,20% due to life-style and 20% due to stress.
here is help for anyone with high blood cholestrol.....1)take half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder(available at provision shops) with a little warm water.stir and consume first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. 2)Boil some lemon grass in a pot of water.after boiling for sometime,remove lemon grass and store the water in bottles.u may store them in the fridge too.drink with pleasure as it helps reduce high blood cholestrol,body odour and helps to clean ur kidneys too.i hv been doing it for the last four years and hv a very healthy cholestrol level and hv even dumped my prescribed medication and hv not seen the doctors since my heart attack in 2006.

This death after a running exercise is very common here. Many reservists died after their IPPT or Residential Training, even without past record of any heart ailment. Unfortunately, even the healthy young teenagers serving their NS are not spare from this death. This death is avoidable if we do not force ourselves to the extreme.

This sort of things happens even to the seemingly very fit people. It may be 42km, it may be 1km. No way to prevent, too few tell tale signs. Very healthy people also die in their sleep. When it comes, it comes..

May this young runner Rest in Peace and Condolences to his family. And no one should blame the organizers either as there is no way to check the health status of every runners. There had also been cases of fit runners who just collapsed during their routine running. There is always risk in whatever we do. I also take part in many running events (incl today's SCSM FM) due to my own personal passion although I am also on low dosage of precautionary medication for high blood pressure.

Heart Attack is so frightening, i had two recently, i know the pain...the worst was during the surgery with horrible heart surgeon who spoke of money, money money...i say a mourners kaddish for this young boy. And condolences to his family and all beloved.

cannot understand why nowadays many people like to run in races .. i stopped many years back, prefer to enjoy my run, fresh air, own time, own target and no need to pay $. how to run with so many people around...

Rest in Peace, Malcom.

CONDOLENCES

I read somewhere that when a person is under stress, a lot of histamine is produced by the body. In order to counter the histamine, the body then produced adrenaline. Too much adrenaline can lead to a heart attack. Some people are lucky if they just feel weak and pass out and upon drinking copious amount of water recover. Perhaps, that's why we have people who died although they appear to be fit and healthy. Any doctor out there who can determine if this is true, please comment and educate the public to prevent further mishaps. Thanks.

Rest In Peace. God bless and my condolences to his family and relatives.

I did the 42km this morning, u need months of training and preparation to condition yrself well for long distant running.It sad to hear such news, only ourself will know our body condition and make adjustment if need to.

stop being so judgmental. no-one can just run and finish a 21K without having been at least a regular runner. this could happen even to champions. i remember an american (forgot his name) who was a pretty good marathon runner and even authored a few books on the subject. one day, he was running in a race as usual and just collapsed. he never had any symptoms prior to this and this just happened. when his body was autopsied, only then they found the probable cause. there are many conditions where there are no symptoms, or the condition is hard to detect.

at least that 21-year old guy died doing what he wanted to do. that's how i'd want to go.