Article left in my mail slot....

[gidget1978]

I am at work and started going through some of the things in my mail slot...its not really a "mail" slot...just a place we poke the things that belong to us OR when we want to leave notes for each other.
I come across a article that someone nicely left in my slot. I am the only one in the building who does any type of physical activity....

The article is titled " Marathons damage the hearts of less-fit runners for up to 3 months". I don't know if I should take offense to this or not? I am in great physical shape. I have finished two marathons in the past year and both with good times and I lift weights atleast 3 x's a week. Also, I have been running for atleast 10 years if not longer. I asked my manager if he did it and he said that he didn't. He then went on to say " I don't know about your heart giving out, but your knees will" Ugh! I should have said "well, your overweight and eat crackers and butter everyday for your lunch, do you think THAT'S a good idea"?

On the other hand, it could have been someone looking out for my best interest...but I didn't ask them. All I seen was "Less-Fit" and I was thinking To top it off....it was probably a smoker!

Lori

 

[jldx2in2000]

I would hope that it is someone who thought you would find the article interesting knowing you are into physical fitness and have run marathons in the past and that they didn't think you were less-fit.

However, if someone thought that, I would have hoped they would have hand-delivered the article or put a note on it explaining why they gave it to you. Given this person didn't have the decency to either of those two things, I would try to forget about it since clearly this person doesn't know you very well.

 

[Fit_mommy]

Some people just love to make themselves feel better and justify their own downfalls by knocking another person. Leaving that article like that was rude IMO. If they meant well they should have approached you face to face with it!

 

[cindi1]

I would just assume they meant well and move on.

 

[RapidBreath]

huh. I think they meant obviously you would be ok because you are a more fit runner? right?

btw I wish I was as cool as you, I'm still working 5 and 10k s.

 

[RapidBreath]

" I don't know about your heart giving out, but your knees will"

nonsense. I forget which episode, but Steve Runner did the research into this and it has been found to be false. You can check into it at Pheddipidations.com
I know that I personally have improved my knee strength by doing off road running on soft surfaces, dirt/forest floor. I used to have problems and I just don't anymore. The muscles/tendons/ligaments around my knees and ankles have all improved and I used to have classically weak ankles, not anymore

sorry I just had to put my 2 cents in.

 

[aveggiegirl]

I agree with Fit_mommy. Sometimes when people feel bad about themselves they try to bring others down.

Keep on running Lori.

 

[fitg]

I bet they meant no malice. They probably were just reading a magazine and saw an article about running and thought of you. Last year someone put a Running Times magazine in my mailbox at work with the address label torn off. There are a lot of runners/fit people where I work. I just thought, wow, that was really nice and thought nothing more of it. I believe most people are generally good.

 

[morningstar]

I saw that article when it first was published and as a runner who aspires to marathons, I thought it was important information to know.

Running does put stress on your knees and the rest of your legs as well. What's been debunked is that running causes arthritis in the knees. Over a long period of time, running does stress your joints. Ask any old runner and he or she will tell you that running does take a toll on certain parts of the body. However, the positive health and mental benefits generally far outweigh the negative for most runners and it's worth it to them.