Wednesday, March 24, 2010

How Much is Too Much?

I just came across the following article on AOL Health regarding marathon running being linked to heart damage.  At first, I thought it was justification for my decision to not run marathons anymore.....sticking to the 1/2 distance instead.  However, reading the article, they refer to the 3 men that died in Detroit in October 2009. I believe these 3 men were all running the 1/2 marathon; I wish the article were more clear on exactly how much training is considered too much.  This is a new study and much more research is required.

My body has recovered quite well from the weekend.  I got in a quick 3 mile Flintridge hill run Monday evening and hope to get out for a run before the rain around lunchtime today.  It's nice to be able to train again!

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