Is running bad for you?

If you we a runner like me, you tend to follow the research in regards to its health benefits. if so, you may find a recent editorils in the jurnal Heart a bit alarming (http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2012/11/21/heartjnl-2012-302886.extract). The authors assert that not only is running more than 50 minutes per day not helpful, but potentially harmful!


However, Alex Hutchinson with Runner's World does a great job of dissecting the logic behind this editorial and why it is, frankly, incorrect (http://www.runnersworld.com/health/too-much-running-myth-rises-again).

The bottom line, as of it, is that there is a decreasing benefit to additional exercise beyond 50 minutes or so, but little to no evidence that the protective health benefits are null. So, for now, keep running--it really is good for you.