Too much of a good thing; Excessive amounts of water can prove fatal to marathon runners.(SPORTS)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: October 24, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Steve Nearman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Drinking too much water during a marathon can kill you.

The deaths of a 35-year-old woman at last year's Marine Corps Marathon and a 28-year-old woman at the Boston Marathon six months earlier were attributed to hyponatremia, the result of fluid intake exceeding fluid depletion.

The condition, formally known as hyponatremic encephalopathy, results in a critical imbalance between water and sodium levels. When the blood has too much water and too little sodium, brain cells absorb too much water, which causes the brain to swell ...

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