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From: "Adrienne Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
Certainly being even slightly overweight
will cause tremendous strain to the knees, yet the running gets blamed 
rather
than the extra fat weight.

Have you ever met an overweight runner?  I haven't.  I think getting out and 
running when one feels the urge is great.  It's fun.  But to do it as a 
training is stress for someone like me.