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It doesn't seem all that much of a stretch to assume that the repetitive pounding of running results in wear and tear on the body. Your data point of one, who m

• ultrarunner 7y ago
  Of course most aspects of life are stressful in some way. That doesn't seem to be a very interesting point. Sitting is probably bad for us, many of the foods we eat cause some damage, etc. What I meant was that popular knowledge seems to suggest that running is ultimately inappropriate in some fundamental way, and that humans try to avoid it. The trope is that running "hurts your knees" while studies suggest that running generally strengthens knee joints and obesity actually hurts one's knees.
• notacoward 7y ago
  > repetitive pounding of running results in wear and tear on the body It can result in wear and tear, it can also result in strengthening. The relationship between enhancement and degradation, and associated outcomes, is far from simple.
  • Cougher 7y ago
    The fact that it isn't simple doesn't mean that it doesn't happen. How much of that strengthening occurs, does it occur in the same areas as the potential damage, and can it outpace the damage and if so, for how many people? The body may be fascinating, but it sin't miraculous.
    • notacoward 7y ago
      > The fact that it isn't simple doesn't mean that it doesn't happen. Never claimed otherwise. > The body may be fascinating, but it sin't miraculous. It's not miraculous, nor is it especially fragile. It's the latter implication I was addressing. "Bad things happen" is only half the story. Alone, it represents and encourages a skewed perspective.