Sacramento Running News

This mouse will live longer and better than her lazy cousin!

In the press recently, there have been a number of stories about the possible dangers of too much running.

I generally ignore these because a casual observation yields plenty of data indicating we, as a nation, are suffering tremendously from a lack of exercise.

Fortunately for us, Paul Williams is around to reinforce our world view. He hasn’t seen a downside to lots of running, and he’s looked at a lot of runners.

Williams is a researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and is in charge of the worlds largest and longest study of runners.

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Ranger Ollie sez: “Be careful!”

If you are planning to run on the American River Parkway this weekend, don’t forget that Saturday (July 21st) is Eppies Great Race.

This means the trail will be closed from the Guy West Bridge to Sunrise (figure miles 7.5 to 20) from 6:00 AM until noon.

One option is to run somewhere else and then head over to River Bend Park and watch the finish. Count how many athletes get out of their kayaks and fall down to the ground because their legs cramp 50 feet from the finish line.

Plan accordingly!

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