Run as Much as You Want!
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.
Check out this little Q&A with Williams and then go look at some of his research studies.
This should give you all the information you need to shut up your sedentary relatives.