Running Was Never As Great As Once Claimed, But Not As Bad As Now Said Either

Monday, July 28, 2014 - 19:40 in Mathematics & Economics

Running was once a big health fad. Like red wine and chocolate on the miracle side, or wheat and sugar on the panic side, mainstream media is happy to build up fads so they can tear them down later. Modern stories revolve around people dropping dead from running but you are a lot less likely to die running, even if for only a few minutes a day at slow speed, than you are sitting around eating Doritos. read more

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