Height and marathons

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Curious question I heard the other day...
Do you lose any height after running a marathon?

Yes. How much? I don't know. What I do know is that after a 16 mile hill
race with 6,200 ft of climbing in it, I was the best part of an inch shorter
afterwards (as judged by how much I had to readjust my rear view mirror
after the race, and how much I had to adjust it *back* the next morning).

Next long race I plan to measure myself accurately pre and post race.

Tim

Quoted message said:

Curious question I heard the other day...
Do you lose any height after running a marathon?

After the marathon you get taller. You only lose height during the
race.

Quoted message said:

Sorta makes sense from all beating your joints take

Go beat your joint somewhere else, loser.

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Curious question I heard the other day...
Do you lose any height after running a marathon?

Sorta makes sense from all beating your joints take

I imagine the dehydration would result in the discs and bursa of your
back contracting a little bit. Generally though I can't imagine it being
measurable.

Dave

Tim Downie said:

I was the best part of an inch shorter
afterwards (as judged by how much I had to readjust my rear view mirror
after the race, and how much I had to adjust it *back* the next morning).

Wow, there's good solid science for you. You numbnutz Ed.

Ebenezer Scrooge said:

Go beat your joint somewhere else, loser.

Oh I see you've met Ed.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Curious question I heard the other day...
Do you lose any height after running a marathon?

After the marathon you get taller. You only lose height during the
race.

Quoted message said:

Sorta makes sense from all beating your joints take

Go beat your joint somewhere else, loser.

Here?

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David Geesaman said:

I imagine the dehydration would result in the discs and bursa of your
back contracting a little bit. Generally though I can't imagine it being
measurable.

Discs are not like sponges. But any difference in height probably came
from Ed crouching in the bushes by the playground, or from the jarring
of the taxi ride he took from mile 1 to mile 25.

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What I do know is that after a 16 mile hill race with 6,200 ft of
climbing in it, I was the best part of an inch shorter afterwards (as
judged by how much I had to readjust my rear view mirror after the race,
and how much I had to adjust it *back* the next morning).

Are you sure you weren't just slumping a bit?
Not sitting "up" as much as usual?
bj

TheBillRodgers said:

Tim Downie said:

I was the best part of an inch shorter
afterwards (as judged by how much I had to readjust my rear view mirror
after the race, and how much I had to adjust it *back* the next morning).

Wow, there's good solid science for you. You numbnutz Ed.

yes I'm still here Bill. Even when you misattribute Tim's posts to me.

I guess your lack of reading skills dates back to that nasty incident
in the second grade. Why they let you back into school after that I'll
never know. Guess some folks never learn.

Enjoy the run,
ed

Quoted message said:

Curious question I heard the other day...
Do you lose any height after running a marathon?

Sorta makes sense from all beating your joints take

I was an inch taller the last time from the bone swelling.

Also you have to remember that you are flying thorugh the air most of
the time when you are running. That's a lot of zero-gravity time, which
stretches out your spine. If you have a biomechanically sound, soft
footstrike, it won't affect the stretching effect. Joggers, in
particular, could benefit, since their mollusk-like spine is pure
cartilage and could expand quite a bit, in theory; but the way they
leap into the air and hand hard tends to just compress it and bend it
forward.

Ed Prochak said:

yes I'm still here Bill. Even when you misattribute Tim's posts to me.

Simply a typo Ed. Mea Culpa. I had Tim in mind as I wrote it.

Quoted message said:

I guess your lack of reading skills dates back to that nasty incident
in the second grade. Why they let you back into school after that I'll
never know. Guess some folks never learn.

Butt HE touched ME Ed, it wasn't my fault. Sure I dressed
provocatively, my lace pantys and pushup bra got him hot, butt he
still had no right...

On 19 Oct 2005 10:11:54 -0700, "Kaz Kylheku" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Also you have to remember that you are flying thorugh the air most of
the time when you are running. That's a lot of zero-gravity time, which
stretches out your spine.

Hey you dumb pollock, ever hear the saying "what goes up, must come
down"? It applies to runners too.

Kaz Kylheku said:

Also you have to remember that you are flying thorugh the air most of
the time when you are running. That's a lot of zero-gravity time, which
stretches out your spine.

You are kidding, right?

Zero-gravity?? Are you saying that a few inches off the ground,
gravity is no longer pulling down on you with the same force
that it is on the ground?

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