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long distance = shorter life?

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  • CarsonRuns
    CarsonRuns Posts: 3,039 Member
    A scary study headline with no causality. I'll take my chances.
  • PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot
    PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot Posts: 596 Member
    "But the reasons why remain unclear."

    Solid study.
  • davemunger
    davemunger Posts: 1,139 Member
    Same old, same old. O'Keefe is writing his lunch ticket on this research. See here for the reasons why it's not very convincing:

    http://sciencebasedrunning.com/2013/05/omg-were-all-gonna-dieeleventy/
    http://www.runnersworld.com/health/too-much-running-myth-rises-again

    Money quote:

    What this means is that they used statistical methods to effectively “equalize” everyone’s weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and so on. But this is absurd when you think about it. Why do we think running is good for health? In part because it plays a role in reducing weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and so on.... They’re effectively saying, “If we ignore the known health benefits of greater amounts of aerobic exercise, then greater amounts of aerobic exercise don’t have any health benefits.”
  • STrooper
    STrooper Posts: 659 Member
    Oh no! I will have run 3 marathons in 6 months...each after I turned age 60. I guess the "sudden stop at the end," like objects seen in certain mirrors, "is closer than it appears."
  • KeithAngilly
    KeithAngilly Posts: 575 Member
    I really didn't get the point of the article. Correlation doesn't equal causation. That being said, my own plan is to get a BQ and run in Boston, do one Ironman and then focus on shorter distance tri's (Oly and sprints).
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