Couch to 5k

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  • niblue
    niblue Posts: 339 Member
    JamestheLiar wrote: »
    Running is a fine form of exercise. A calorie furnace, for crying out loud. However, for overweight people it is dangerous, and precautions must be taken to avoid injury. The more weight one carries, the more dangerous it becomes. In fact, I think that any activity with inevitable injuries to the knee, calf, foot, or shin is, by definition, dangerous. Quite frankly, I'm amazed that we're even debating this point ... it's why I love MFP forums.

    I said it was inevitable there would be some pain, not that it would be inevitable there would be injuries.

    I can understand that if you're the sort of person that gets scared of their own shadow then you might find running "dangerous" however you'd also probably so scared to get out of your bed in the morning...
  • JamestheLiar
    JamestheLiar Posts: 148 Member
    Am I on candid camera? You guys!
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    JamestheLiar wrote: »
    ...for overweight people it is dangerous...

    Perhaps we have completely different definitions of dangerous...

    About 18 months ago I was marshalling a marathon where the last but one runner was about 18 stone (250lbs). He wasn't having a fun time, it was brutally hard work for him, but it wasn't dangerous.
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