Joint Custody: Running Is Better Than Not Running

For years, conventional wisdom has held that running is hell on joints. Now, as this New York Times article reports, a study by Stanford researchers suggests that the joints of people who run a few times a week are generally healthier than those of people who don’t run at all. A more comprehensive report on that study and others, which reveal the unique benefits of running for people in their fifties and sixties, can be found on the British website Peak Performance. The researchers’ final advice to runners: go for it–moderately.