How Far Is Too Far? Pushing our bodies to do more can be dangerous. Even fatal

Chris_So_Cal

posted: 12/26/2009 at 10:36 PM

The way I see it... vigorous exercise DOES increase your chances of sudden death while exercising. There is no way around it. HOWEVER it probably reduces your chance of dieing from just about anything else, and for us runners we feel that it improves the quality of life while we are still living it.

eric_allan

I'm on the right

posted: 12/26/2009 at 11:01 PM

Quote from Chris_So_Cal on 12/26/2009 at 10:36 PM:

The way I see it... vigorous exercise DOES increase your chances of sudden death while exercising. There is no way around it. HOWEVER it probably reduces your chance of dieing from just about anything else, and for us runners we feel that it improves the quality of life while we are still living it.

Of course exercising increases your death of dying while exercising. You have to die sometime.....if you run a lot, it may be when you are running. Correlation != causation, however. It doesn't mean the exercise shortened that particular runner's lifespan. Most people want to die quietly in their beds....I'd settle for keeling over after a long run when I'm old.

I'm Eric, the guy who runs to keep his sanity.

Chris_So_Cal

posted: 12/26/2009 at 11:15 PM

Quote from eric_allan on 12/26/2009 at 11:01 PM:

Of course exercising increases your death of dying while exercising. You have to die sometime.....if you run a lot, it may be when you are running. Correlation != causation, however. It doesn't mean the exercise shortened that particular runner's lifespan. Most people want to die quietly in their beds....I'd settle for keeling over after a long run when I'm old.

As long as you have your life in order... keeling over after a good long hard run wouldn't be a bad way to go.

bobev

Decker Challenge 12/12

posted: 12/26/2009 at 11:48 PM

Quote from Chris_So_Cal on 12/26/2009 at 11:15 PM:

As long as you have your life in order... keeling over after a good long hard run wouldn't be a bad way to go.

ditto - being as close as I am I have to agree... and I came close once. Right now would rather come in from a good long run, kiss my dw, say I had a great run and drop right there...well maybe after I go outside so she doesn't see it happen!

bob e v
2012 goals: keep on running! Is there anything more than that?

Finish 2 halves, 3M Half 1/29 and probably Decker Challenge in Dec
history: blessed heart attack 3/15/2008; c25k july 2008 first 5k 10/26/2008, 62nd birthday; 1st 10k 2/28/2009 - 50 wks from heart attack to 10k; 1st Half Marathon 11/9/09 20 months from heart attack! !

eric_allan

I'm on the right

posted: 12/27/2009 at 12:00 AM

Quote from bobev on 12/26/2009 at 11:48 PM:

ditto - being as close as I am I have to agree... and I came close once. Right now would rather come in from a good long run, kiss my dw, say I had a great run and drop right there...well maybe after I go outside so she doesn't see it happen!

The rule in my house is that I die first, so this sounds good to me . Discretion does dictate that DW doesn't actually see me fall over.

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I'm Eric, the guy who runs to keep his sanity.

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