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Breakfast Club: October 2, 2018

Breakfast Club: October 2, 2018

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Oct 03, 2018
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the east bay's running newsletter 

Sunset above Rockridge BART.  Photo: Doug Howard.

Good morning!

One of the news items that slipped past me last week was the death of high-school cross country runner Samantha Davis.  According to Milesplit.com, Davis was near the 4K mark of the Hares & Hounds Invitational at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, North Carolina when she collapsed with a seizure. 

Medical staff eventually reached and stabilized her, but Davis passed away later that day.  The runner had apparently suffered from epilepsy and seizures after a softball injury earlier this year.

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