Throw this into the same useless knowledge as the "running long distance is going to kill you" fluff they write every year that the sedentary point to for self-justification.
Wish I could agree with you. This how I used to view this issue of the impact of strenuous exercise on cardiac health. But the research is now clear that excessive running does indeed cause a thickening and hardening of the ventricle walls of the heart and cause calcification of the arteries. Dr Aaron Baggish is perhaps the most notable researcher on this topic. Check out his taped videos on YouTube where he delivered an overview on the research on exercise and health at various medical conferences.
If anyone is interested there's a good article at Harvard Health that provides a broad strokes view of this topic and links to studies. The research Harvard highlights shows that running more than 2.5 hours per week has negative effect on all-case mortality. Definitely something to consider if you're a runner.
Preventing and failing to cause are not the same. Did the authors not take a research methods 101 in their lives?
Smoked and cured meats cause cancer. That doesn’t mean avoiding those foods prevents cancer broadly, only the cancer that you’d otherwise get from consuming smoked or cured meats.
Ultimately, the idea that any running shoe can prevent you from getting hurt doesn’t hold water. Rates of running-related injuries, such as shin splints and stress fractures, have remained high over the past 40 years — despite evolving shoe technology. And a Cochrane Review published in 2022 assessed 11,240 runners across 12 randomized controlled trials, most of which compared different types of running shoes to each other. The analysis found no evidence that running shoes, or prescribing certain shoes by type, have injury-preventing properties.