We Evolved to Run But We're Doing It Wrong

Re:We Evolved to Run But We're Doing It Wrong by wyclif on Monday July 31, 2017 @03:10AM (#14890045)

I suspect that the cause of that is running on pavement. Doing that for decades is hard on the knees and joints. I wonder if there would be more people in the over-50 age group still running if they had spent their younger years running on grass or sand. I don't have any evidence that they would, but it's an interesting question.

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Re:We Evolved to Run But We're Doing It Wrong by maxmcorp on Monday July 31, 2017 @03:34AM (#14890125)

But nature is hardly better for running than pavement. Stones, grass, roots, mud etc. There are a lot more ways to get injuries in nature than on a gravel path.

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Re:We Evolved to Run But We're Doing It Wrong by Tade0 on Monday July 31, 2017 @07:39AM (#14891017)

I guess people just don't take into account the fact that our ancestors usually didn't live to their 50s, so they couldn't experience most of the problems that nowadays middle-aged runners do.

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