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Anecdotal opinion of someone that ran 6:50ish per mile pace yesterday in the SF Kaiser Half-Marathon and thus am apparently shortening my life... Those of us tr
by runamok 12y ago
Anecdotal opinion of someone that ran 6:50ish per mile pace yesterday in the SF Kaiser Half-Marathon and thus am apparently shortening my life... Those of us trying to run faster and be competitive (whether with ourselves or others) really don't care if we lose a few years of life. Quality over quantity! These articles come up every so often and seem to just serve as reasons for sedentary people to feel smug about their life choices.
- wodenokoto 12y agoI highly disagree with the last part. There are 2 reason to run as you mention: for health and for competition. Those running for health should be careful about emulating the routines of those running for competition.
- runamok 12y agoA fair point. You're probably not running on average sub 8:30 miles unless you are training for performance in some form or fashion. Because it generally hurts quite a bit. :-) With the "speed cutoff" You are also probably getting a higher percentage of males who of course have shorter life expectancy rates than women.