Causes of Death among Runners in a 5Km Race in the Heat (MLA Paper)

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Causes of Death among Runners in a 5Km Race in the Heat

The outrageous actual perseverance requests and shifted ecological settings of long-distance race footraces have given an extraordinary chance to examine the restrictions of human thermoregulation for over a century. High post-race rectal temperatures (Tre) are regularly and reliably reported in long-distance runners, yet an away from of thought encompasses the reason for this perception. A related scholarly article uncovers that this wonder is regularly credited to either natural (drying out, metabolic rate, sex) or ecological elements (Smyth 233). Long-distance race climatic conditions fluctuate however much that their course geology can change extensively from year to year and even begin to end in a similar race. The way that the environment can altogether restrict temperature guidelines and execution is clear from the immediate connection between heat setbacks and Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT), just as the reverse connection between record-setting race exhibitions and surrounding temperatures. Notwithstanding, the standard scope of compensable hustling conditions seems to play a greater amount of a roundabout job in anticipating Tre by regulating heat misfortune and liquid equilibrium. From the previous research, it has been realized that various individuals normally end up dying as a result of the individuals participating in a 5Km race in the heat (Chain et al., 711). The issue has been debated for a long time, and most individuals do not understand any reason behind such. However, scientific researches have come up with data that shows out the reason behind the incidences. In this essay, the major emphasis would be based on the main factor attributed to the death of such individuals. 

Firstly, it has been noticed that there is a risk factor that is normally realized whenever an individual is involved in the long races. One of the associated risks witnessed in these incidences involves the great loss of energy during the race. The biological concept behind such is regarded as the ultra-marathon, which is characterized by the energy deficit that attributes to the reduction in the skeletal muscles and fats in an individual's body. With the heat weather condition, it has been argued that there is a kind of hyponatremia, which is one of the associated exercise risks. Simultaneously, it has been realized that there is a change that is witnessed in an individual's body in relation to the biomarkers that in return results in the pathological processes. The pathological exercise is mainly noted in an individual's certain organs (Lough et al., 90). The major known kind of organs in the exercise that is affected involves the heart, liver, endocrine, immune system, and skeletal muscles. However, the changes seem temporary, but the effect may be too extreme in reference to the previous studies, thus resulting in an individual's abnormal functioning. In such a situation, the individual has a high possibility of dying before the pathological processes tend to normalize.

 More research has also shown that the death of the individuals who take the 5Km race in heat conditions suffer from dehydration. The dehydration is caused by the fact that the individuals are required to strain, and in the process, a lot of energy is required for the individual to emerge out as a success in the race. During the process, all the body organs, especially the energy production sites work extraordinary in order to meet the energy requirements of the process. The energy produced during the period is exothermic and a lot of heat is realized and come out of the individual through the skin in terms of the sweat (Lough et al., 90). Due to high temperatures in the surrounding environment, the amount of sweat that the associated individual releases is too much than usual (Smyth 240). Therefore, the above serves as the other major cause of death of the individual as dehydration of the individuals' body has high risk as some of the individual's cells are render flaccid. Thus, they cannot function as expected and hence, death has high chances of occurring due to cells' abnormal functioning.

 Besides such, it has been realized that the generation of the heat by an individual after a struggle running has high chances of bringing about the collapsing of the participant, confusion, vomiting, and dizziness, which is the major cause of death. In this case, the condition is termed as the heat form of stroke, which is a dangerous form of the condition that individuals participating in a 5KM race in heat condition come across (Weiss et al., 332). The situation is accompanied by another form of the condition that is regarded as hyponatremia, which is regarded as the loss of sodium in an individual's blood. The occurrences of hyponatremia is normally attributed to the fact that the individuals who participate in the race with a heart condition are tempted to drink a lot of water within the process. In taking a lot of water, the water is taken directly to the individual's blood, thus diluting sodium concentration. Based on the fact that sodium plays an important role in the body's functioning, individuals normally suffer from the risk of dying after the race or even collapsing. 

Another kind of research depicted that there are high chances of individuals suffering from the heart attacker during the process, which is another kind of disorder that also contributes to the individuals' death. The reason behind such is that running requires the heartbeat to increase its rate (Weiss et al., 337). Bearing in mind that the individuals participate in a race occurring under high heat conditions, the heart is made to strain throughout the process. In most cases, the straining moves to the extent that it cannot be accommodated as per the desired functioning. With such a condition, there is a high possibility of the individuals dying. The above results from the heart were failing to supply blood effectively to all parts of the body and since it supplies oxygen and blood to all parts of the body, the individual ends up dying.

 In addition to such, another condition that contributes to the death of the mentioned individual is the fact that the individual is subjected to suffering from another condition that is regarded as postural hypotension. The condition is mainly experienced after the race as the individual has stopped running. The condition is normally associated with another form of a condition such as high blood pressure (Weiss et al., 340). At the same time, the rhythmic contraction of an individual's body is altered. Since the individuals' cell function is altered and the associated high blood pressure, the individual dies in the process. 

In conclusion, it is clear that the individuals who normally participate in a 5Km race in heat normally suffer from the risk of dying. The occurrence of the incidences is biologically explained. As far as biological discussion, it has been noted that there are various kinds of factors that usually contribute to such. The factors have been fully explained in the section above. Thus, the paper has exploited the factors that contribute to the death of such individuals.
 

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Chaen, Yudai, Sumire Onitsuka, and Hiroshi Hasegawa. "Wearing a cooling vest during half-         time improves intermittent exercise in the heat." Frontiers in physiology 10 (2019): 711. 

Lough, Nancy L., Jennifer R. Pharr, and Andrea Geurin. "I am bolder: A social cognitive       examination of road race participant behavior." Sport Marketing Quarterly 25.2   (2016): 90. 

Smyth, Barry. "Fast starters and slow finishers: a large-scale data analysis of pacing at the         beginning and end of the marathon for recreational runners." Journal of Sports         Analytics 4.3 (2018): 229-242. 

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