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running >30 miles/week bad for your heart?

icimani
icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
edited January 25 in Fitness and Exercise
http://now.msn.com/too-much-distance-running-might-be-bad-for-your-heart-study-says

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323975004578501150442565788.html


I'm not a runner so it's not an important thing for me, but in terms of cardio workouts I think it does make a good case for the need for rest days.


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  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    bump - because it's an interesting article.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    The articles don't give much information. They allude to studies without actually citing them. They say > 30 miles a week negates health benefits, and talks of serial marathoners, then give the reason as no rest for the body. But it's quite possible to run 10 miles a day for 3 days a week and have 4 rest days per week. I only know a handful of marathoners, but none of them run them back to back or don't take rest days. Even when training for a marathon they all have rest days.

    And does one need to run 30 miles a week every week? Does other activity figure into the equation? Like most mainstream media coverage of scientific study, this is just a bunch of headlines that leave more questions than answers.
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