When Running May Be Bad For Your Health: After 30 Miles A Week

Yes, Virginia, running is good for you. Health experts have long extolled its benefits: lower blood pressure, improved heart health, stronger bones in legs, even six more years of life on earth. Yet now comes the Wall Street Journal, whose chosen health experts warn that too much running may do more harm that good. How much is too much? The experts put the turning point as 30 miles a week, after which the benefits of running begin to disappear, and the dangers of running too much: the elevated levels of coronary plaque seen in some small studies, may set in. Worried? Read more in the Wall Street Journal.