Trey Lara dies after collapsing at the Portland Marathon
A post in r/Marathon_Training describes a healthy 24 year old who went down near mile 20, two miles after seeing his wife.
Trey Lara died after collapsing near mile 20 of the Portland Marathon. A post in r/Marathon_Training shared the news, describing him as an otherwise healthy 24 year old man who went down two miles after seeing his wife at mile 18. We covered the first reports earlier.
The post links a report from local station KGW and, in an edit, a GoFundMe set up to support Lara's family. The poster wrote that they wanted to honor him in the community.
What the source actually says
That is the whole of it. The r/Marathon_Training post does not give a cause of death, and nothing in it explains why a 24 year old described as otherwise healthy collapsed at mile 20. Anything beyond that is guesswork, and this is not the story to guess at.
The detail that stuck with the thread is the one about mile 18. He had just seen his wife on the course, the way thousands of runners do every weekend, and then he was gone two miles later. That is the part that makes this land for anyone who has had family out on a marathon course holding a sign.
Rest in peace, Trey.
Otherwise healthy 24y M, though collapsed near mile 20 after having just seen his wife at mile 18.
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