Heard something about a death on the bike course in Chattanooga? Anyone know what happened (medical, crash, etc)??
This was posted in another forum I follow:
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Care to elaborate or point me in the direction of that thread?
I was there. I heard bits and pieces of a bad bike accident as I was cooling down after finishing. One person said they saw a biker down at that intersection on the north side of the loop that has a good dip in it. At first it sounded like a bike handling crash but then another person said they saw them ventilating the victim and then they were life flighted out. Another person said it was a heart issue and the person just crashed after passing out. None of it sounded good. RIP!
As far as I know, he went down due to cardiac arrest, had a surgery but sadly passed away about a week after the race. According to one of his teammates, he was a well seasoned triathlete who’s done many races. My deepest condolences to his family members and friends.
Very sad to hear this.
As far as I know, he went down due to cardiac arrest, had a surgery but sadly passed away about a week after the race. According to one of his teammates, he was a well seasoned triathlete who’s done many races. My deepest condolences to his family members and friends.
If so, another reminder that undiagnosed cardiac issues are a very real concern regardless of how fit we may think we are especially as we age.
As far as I know, he went down due to cardiac arrest, had a surgery but sadly passed away about a week after the race. According to one of his teammates, he was a well seasoned triathlete who’s done many races. My deepest condolences to his family members and friends.
If so, another reminder that undiagnosed cardiac issues are a very real concern regardless of how fit we may think we are especially as we age.
Two years ago in Augusta 70.3, a local attorney passed away as well. Of course, he trained for that race day after day and swam in that river before but I believe it was the same thing, cardiac arrest. He got pulled from the river, transported to ER right away but eventually passed away. Your concern is for real.
We lost a great man, Marshall Martin.
Avid cyclist and triathlete, always uplifting, motivating and encouraging. You can see from the many tributes and posts on FB how many people feel the same way.
We were good friends and teammates, and it’s still hard to believe he’s gone.
My deepest condolences to his wife and daughter, and the rest of his family.
Regarding Chatty 70.3, there was a medical incident that caused him to crash. I’m not clear on if it was cardiac or stroke related. He was conscious the days after, but injuries sustained from the crash ultimately were too great to overcome.
He trained and raced regularly, like many of us, and was by all standards a healthy and fit person.
Condolences to his family and friends.
I do find it troubling that they attribute his death to a TBI. I always believed that your helmet would provide adequate protection if you took a bad spill.
Condolences to his family and friends.
I do find it troubling that they attribute his death to a TBI. I always believed that your helmet would provide adequate protection if you took a bad spill.
Just remember…helmets should be replaced after any impact or after an “expiration date”. Maybe these recommendations were not followed.
Condolences to his family and friends.
I do find it troubling that they attribute his death to a TBI. I always believed that your helmet would provide adequate protection if you took a bad spill.
Just remember…helmets should be replaced after any impact or after an “expiration date”. Maybe these recommendations were not followed.
Condolences for sure to his family and friends. Just terrible. Ugh. Such a loss for all.
I raced that race and am a heart attack survivor so I know it makes me feel more vulnerable.
I wondered about the helmet as well as I have thought about my own aero helmet, Garneau P-09 and that it does not have MIPS built into it like other “safer” helmets. The Giro Aerohead does have MIPS. He was wearing the Rudy Project Wing aero helmet and it does not have MIPS. I am rethinking my helmet as a result of this situation.
I would think most bike accidents, when a person goes down, their arms instinctively go out to protect (I have had two significant bike crashes, which is why there’s often broken collarbones as a result), which in turn protect your head from hitting first.
But, if he went unconscious or had an event before crashing, then could explain no chance to protect his head.
I would think most bike accidents, when a person goes down, their arms instinctively go out to protect (I have had two significant bike crashes, which is why there’s often broken collarbones as a result), which in turn protect your head from hitting first.
But, if he went unconscious or had an event before crashing, then could explain no chance to protect his head.
I’ve heard investigation was done and I think that was interviewing witnesses and checking his hands and arms. The conclusion was he didn’t reach out his arms to protect himself. He was just out and fell right after he passed the intersection.
It is way too general of a statement to say that your hands will be the first to take the impact from a bike crash. The worse crash that I have had was in the aero bars about 22 mph. Hit a small dip in the road where a culvert ran underneath the asphalt. My bars were violently yanked out from under me. I had road rash from my ankle to my shoulder and have no idea what hit the asphalt first but I think it was my shoulder followed by my head, which cracked my helmet but thankfully did no damage to my head. It all happened in a matter of seconds. I feel much pain for this family.
I was a participant in the Chattanooga race as well.
At the feed station at mile 46, the rider in front of me dropped a full Gatorade bottle. I had no time to react and went down hard.
My helmet and shoulder took the brunt of the fall.
I suffered a broken collarbone.
My helmet, A Giro MIPS helmet. saved me.
The first thing that I thought when I hit the road was how hard the hit actually was.
I’ve taken hard hits in sports throughout my life of competing in sports as well as in a race car. This one was the hardest.
As I wrote my post for FB and LinkedIn, I encouraged everyone that rides bikes and/or motorcycles to buy the best helmet that they can afford. I’ve already rec’d messages from triathletes that have upgraded their helmets.
Sad news for Marshall’s family. I feel for them, but he was out getting after life doing what he loved.
Condolences to his family and friends.
I do find it troubling that they attribute his death to a TBI. I always believed that your helmet would provide adequate protection if you took a bad spill.
Just remember…helmets should be replaced after any impact or after an “expiration date”. Maybe these recommendations were not followed.
Condolences for sure to his family and friends. Just terrible. Ugh. Such a loss for all.
I raced that race and am a heart attack survivor so I know it makes me feel more vulnerable.
I wondered about the helmet as well as I have thought about my own aero helmet, Garneau P-09 and that it does not have MIPS built into it like other “safer” helmets. The Giro Aerohead does have MIPS. He was wearing the Rudy Project Wing aero helmet and it does not have MIPS. I am rethinking my helmet as a result of this situation.
I would think most bike accidents, when a person goes down, their arms instinctively go out to protect (I have had two significant bike crashes, which is why there’s often broken collarbones as a result), which in turn protect your head from hitting first.
But, if he went unconscious or had an event before crashing, then could explain no chance to protect his head.
I had someone crash into me from behind when I was in the aerobars (swerved into my rear wheel). I distinctly felt my head bounce 3 times off the concrete. Wearing Smith TT Jetstream.
Definitely had no time for arms, but I remember feeling like the stretched out shape of my body in the bars definitely makes your head the impact point when you hit the ground.
We lost a great man, Marshall Martin.
Avid cyclist and triathlete, always uplifting, motivating and encouraging. You can see from the many tributes and posts on FB how many people feel the same way.
We were good friends and teammates, and it’s still hard to believe he’s gone.
My deepest condolences to his wife and daughter, and the rest of his family.
Regarding Chatty 70.3, there was a medical incident that caused him to crash. I’m not clear on if it was cardiac or stroke related. He was conscious the days after, but injuries sustained from the crash ultimately were too great to overcome.
He trained and raced regularly, like many of us, and was by all standards a healthy and fit person.
Very sorry to you and his family and friends. I saw many of the FB posts over the weekend as we had many mutual friends. A very sad situation.
Condolences to his family and friends.
I do find it troubling that they attribute his death to a TBI. I always believed that your helmet would provide adequate protection if you took a bad spill.
On FB, another athlete stated he had a stroke that caused him to go unconscious and crash his bike. If this was the case, he would’ve had no ability to protect his head/neck. I hate hearing of any athlete passing away during a race. it’s a reminder, to us all, we cannot take any days for granted.
As far as I know, he went down due to cardiac arrest, had a surgery but sadly passed away about a week after the race. According to one of his teammates, he was a well seasoned triathlete who’s done many races. My deepest condolences to his family members and friends.
If so, another reminder that undiagnosed cardiac issues are a very real concern regardless of how fit we may think we are especially as we age.
My daughter (hoping to go to med school) works with a cardiologist as his scribe so knows a ton about cardiac stuff. She’s told me that at some point visiting the cardioligist wouldn’t be a terrible idea. I will be 50 next year and I’ve recently discovered my eye sight isn’t like it used to be… our bodies do not last forever although we’re taking pretty good care of them. My family also has a history of some heart issues. It could be nothing or it could be something, but I digress. Yes not letting our egos or denial, whatever get in the way of gettig ourselves checked as we age sounds like a good idea.
I did not know the rider but we had mutual friends so I’ve seen various postings on social media for and about the rider in the last week. First of all my my heart felt condolences go out to his family and close friends. Second, a reminder that even though many of us are super fit, even we can have health events with bad outcomes.