Take care and don’t run your way to an early grave
Running on the road irrespective of “good shoes” is very intense on the leg joints and keeps orthopaedic surgeons and physiotherapists rolling in it.
The “good shoes” dogma has been a standby for those who have taken issue against road running, but is not so clever when people are taken away in an ambulance with their expensive footwear.
Road runners also breathe in cancerous CO2 and hydrocarbon emissions from vehicles.
Some have commented on feeling sick when vehicles pass them, if they were lucky to get out of the way as they pound a hard man-made surface that is doing its best to wear away the cartilage and tighten up delicate ligaments.
Company marathons put a lot of pressure on people to run and extreme pressure can be brought to bear to get desk-bound people out and exercising with repercussions if they do not.
The problem is that their heart will probably get them a couple of hundred yards before they develop a tightness in the chest and then maybe a sudden shooting pain down across their chest and down their left arm, before they have to be rushed to the hospital.
Obese desk-bound people should start on a special diet for a few years and see their doctor regularly for full physicals before they even dream about taking on a company marathon or running event or they could be running their way to an early grave.
Maurice Fitzgerald
Shanbally
Co Cork
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