Re: Running in marathons impairs immunity

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John 'the Man' wrote:
> Once upon a time, our fellow Donovan Rebbechi
>    rambled on about "Re: Running in marathons impairs immunity."
> Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...
> 
>>> Or more precisely, exercising the WRONG way can impair immunity rather
>>> build it.
> 
>>Since no-one uses a marathon race as part of their regular exercise routine,
>>studiess that suggest that racing a marathon depletes the immune system are
>>irrelevant to the average person's (or even the average elite runner's) 
>>training program.
> 
> Ha, ... Hah, Ha!
> 
> People train to race in marathons.  Then they run in marathons.  And,
> a lot people push racing in marathons.  After all, if there was no
> motivation to run in marathons there wouldn't be all these amateur
> marathon races.  The city of Richmond, VA had their annual marathon a
> few weeks ago.

This does not contradict what I said in the above. The fact that someone races
the New York marathon does not mean that they ran a marathon a day in training
that year.

> One personal trainer in my gym is selling marathon racing training
> packages for $320.  She claims to have raced in 28 marathons.
> 
> Marathon runners train for marathons. And, you can put in a lot
> mileage and time in training, excessively.  :(

You haven't presented any evidence that you understand what a marathon training
program involves. It doesn't involve running more than 90 minutes at a time 
at race paces (except on race day, of course)

Cheers,
-- 
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/