Run to live longer
The next time someone tells you to stop running because of Jim Fixx, tell them to read this.
Running slows the aging clock, Stanford researchers find
Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine that has tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. Elderly runners have fewer disabilities, a longer span of active life and are half as likely as aging nonrunners to die early deaths, the research found.