Too much exercise really can kill you, scientists have discovered, after finding runners who speed along at 7mph or more are doing themselves more harm than good.
A study of 1,098 runners found that those who ran the fastest were nine times more likely to die prematurely within 12 years than those who enjoyed a more sedate pace of around 5mph for two or three times a week.
h/t RobC.
Are you still running Clerk?
i keep trying to, but then i keep getting waylaid by illness. haven’t been able to get more than 3 weeks uninterrupted.
Check out the comments in this NYT article.
“Junk science at its worst.”
a new study shows that 2.5 out of 5 studies are done by people with lower than the average intelligence of people who do studies.
oh fuck.
Cleek, do you still run in those Vibram Five Finger things? Guy at work is raving about them.
i don’t. i really loved them – i loved having that contact with the ground and they really helped with my form. but i think they messed up my right arch. i got sloppy with my form when i started running in the early AM, when i was kindof stiff and not quite awake. and within a couple of weeks i had done some real damage . so, after 18 months off, i’m back to standard shoes now.