The Physical Health Consideration for Marathon Race

Abstract

Regular physical exercise has many health benefits such as reduced hypercholesterolemia and blood pressure control but over strenuous exercise is associated  with serious life threatening medical condition during exercise, especially cardiovascular events.

Currently marathon running is one of popular sports and is classified into vigorous intensity exercise.  Although sudden cardiac arrest during sport is rare but there are most commonly cardiac concern as hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy and atherosclerotic coronary disease. So participants with high risk of medical conditions should be got prerace medical health screening program.