DELHI (IND): The Indian Medical Association is urging for the cancellation of the Delhi Half Marathon on 19 November due to dangerous high levels of air pollution, informs Business Insider India. The air quality index hit the “severe” level of 451 on a scale where the maximum reading is 500 and where anything above 100 is considered unhealthy by the Central Pollution Control Board.
Runblogrun opines: BBC news just broke the terrible reading of air pollution in Delhi. For comparison, during the recent fires in northern California, an air quality reading of 441 in San Francisco was higher air pollution than a year of normal pollution in San Francisco. A score of 451 out of 500 should not be one that any runner should run through. We applaud the Indian Medical Association on their concern for runners. It is terribly sad when a running event is cancelled, but this seems to make sense.
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
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