Respectfully, if this guy has been doing it for ten years, it’s obviously not so bad as you make it out to be. It’s not a grind set mentality, it’s just one guys choice to exercise in a certain manner.

I am a runner. I train at what is probably the 80th percentile for longer distances, so I am by no means an expert. But I do understand that if you are running 7 miles a week, most of the time, your body isn’t going to be that beat up, especially if you are taking it slow.

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RamblingCTO 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's not about the running but the "running through sickness and fractures". It's just plain stupid to risk your health like that. Great that it worked, but this is nothing anyone should blindly emulate. Have fun with the heart infection because you needed to run for virtual internet points.

	▲	noah_buddy 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Scientific information on the topic is quite sparse. There are ascientific recommendations about vigorous activity that probably have some merit, but unless you are terribly, terribly ill, a very light workout is not known to increase adverse health outcomes.

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RHSman2 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Read it out loud ‘7 miles a week’

Most people sit at a desk for 40 hrs a week. That is way more damaging to your health.

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simianparrot a day ago | parent [-]

Yeah once I read that I realised it wasn’t extreme at all.

I take ~2 mile brisk walks every day (the kind where my pulse will average to 130), interspersed with casual multi-mile hikes up the mountain trail nearby. That’s just my baseline cardio and movement to feel good and keep myself healthy.

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d1sxeyes 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What I’ve learned is a lot of people would call a “brisk walk” which takes your heart rate to average 130 “a run”. A runner’s definition of running can be quite different to a layperson’s.

	▲	balfirevic 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I always thought (and still do!) it's about whether there are moments when both of your feet are off the ground, not about the pace.

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LandR 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Isn't that running?

If my heart rate is 130, that's a run for me, all be ot slow. 33-35min ish 5k.

A brisk walk would be 95ish

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afterburner a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ten years might not be long enough for long term damage to make itself known. In fact, most of the time, it's nowhere near long enough.

However, the cardio should help. With overall health that is, not whatever blown knee or hip or whatever he'll have to deal with later.

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igouy 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> with the occasional 0:01 run to be sure I get one in that day

> i call the one-milers "streak savers"

If that game helps, fine.

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noah_buddy 8 hours ago | parent [-]

I believe that he means 00:01 as in one minute after midnight and not 1 second runs. The minimum distance is a mile for his streak I believe

	▲	igouy 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Do you think it matters what they mean? It's a game with arbitrary rules. If the game helps then fine.

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gempir 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It worked out for this specific person under these specific circumstances with a methodology he might have not even fully shared.

You should not conclude from that, that it is healthy for every person to do so.