Hi Todd and all,

>I think that in the case of at least some of the serious runners
>I know, health concerns do continue to figure prominently.

I heard on the radio that the night before the marathon, the runners all go
to Tavern on the Green Restaurant for a spaghetti pig out.




>  They
>have convinced themselves that running is the key to health and
>the cure for all ills.  Some of these guys compete; some do not.
>But I find that I often encounter the belief that running is *the
>key*, a mindset not different from what one encounters among
>adherents of idealistic diets.  This is one of the factors that
>drives them into a running program that is beyond what is in fact
>good for them.  It should go without saying that some people who
>do weight training are prone to exactly the same pattern of
>behavior.
>
>Todd Moody
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