New york post writes garbage article on how marathons are bad for you

Training for a marathon can wreck your body. The article discussed someone who got a stress fracture while training for a marathon. This board is littered with injury advice. It’s a constant risk.

That said, I love running, but the article was fair.

You. Are. A. Troll.

the430miler wrote:New york post writes garbage article

Should have just stopped there because it would have covered everything. Rupert Murdoch pile of poo.

Running injuries aren't real injuries. The worst case scenario with a running injury is you have to stop running and cross train, which puts you in the same situation as someone who doesn't run in the first place, so it would be inaccurate to say running "wrecks your body." Be happy you don't play a sport where people get real fractures or concussions.

Oh... just see when you turn 40... and then you are gonna wish you had dialed back just a bit.... and for what in the big scheme of things....

KAV wrote:

Oh... just see when you turn 40... and then you are gonna wish you had dialed back just a bit.... and for what in the big scheme of things....

Marathon training is masturbatory self-flagellation.

It's really too bad they don't do something more useful with their time.

The NY Post has a long history of reporting negatively on the marathon.

There’s no athletic feat quite like running a marathon.

(extreme) Hyperbole in action.

People doing stupid things with their bodies, and consuming heaps of medical aid.

In a rational medical world, they wouldn't drive up insurance premia for the rest of us.

Hardloper wrote:

Running injuries aren't real injuries. The worst case scenario with a running injury is you have to stop running and cross train, which puts you in the same situation as someone who doesn't run in the first place, so it would be inaccurate to say running "wrecks your body." Be happy you don't play a sport where people get real fractures or concussions.

Exactly amigo

Hardloper wrote:

Running injuries aren't real injuries. The worst case scenario with a running injury is you have to stop running and cross train, which puts you in the same situation as someone who doesn't run in the first place, so it would be inaccurate to say running "wrecks your body." Be happy you don't play a sport where people get real fractures or concussions.

Not true. Running injuries can have severe consequences that impact your quality of life. A labrum tear can cause lifelong pain.

Who thought they were good for you?

The health benefits from running probable peak around 30 to 50 mpw

But you don’t run marathons for the health benefits, you run them to see how far you can push your body. At the end of the day though, if someone had to swap bodies with someone else and got the choice between a 50 year old who has ran marathons his whole life or a 50 year old who has never ran since elementary school, it pretty obvious who everyone would pick.

Your average participant in the marathon is running over 4:30 for the marathon and for women it's over 5 hours. The amount of people that sign up to bogus training groups that people think are legitimate and then spend 16 weeks running only 15 miles a week is staggering. Many of these people are obese as well. Of course the marathon is going to seem bad for people, hardly anyone that runs it actually trains for it. Hilariously the people with the least preparation and the slowest times are the ones that finish the most marathons a year, although many of these "marathon runners" are actually only walking the distance. This country's fascination with the marathon and this nonsense idea that events need to accomodate for all individuals has gotten way out of hand.

gdeegz wrote:

Not true. Running injuries can have severe consequences that impact your quality of life. A labrum tear can cause lifelong pain.

How in the world does on tear their labrum from running? This must be a troll post.

Thats an interesting take considering I am in better shape at 39 than I was when I was 27, mostly due to training for marathons and ultra marathons.

So far I've only had 1 'injury' which caused me to take a few weeks off. Over 10 years of consistent mileage and running a 3-5 marathon or more distance races a year sure hasn't come close to 'wrecking' my body yet.

Easy Peasy wrote:

gdeegz wrote:

Not true. Running injuries can have severe consequences that impact your quality of life. A labrum tear can cause lifelong pain.

How in the world does on tear their labrum from running? This must be a troll post.

I meant labia.

the430miler wrote:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2019/10/30/how-running-a-marathon-can-wreck-your-body/amp/

Mentallity > Physicallity.

And you still owe us an update on the San Antonio college team you claim to be coaching.

torn labrium from running [hip impingement] is normally thought to be a pre-existing condition based on a sharp protusion on the top of the femur/socket into the hip, and otherwise wouldn't present itself where the individual not say running 50+ mpw in blocks of 12 weeks with increasing intensity

[n=1] here, but I was an adult onset hobbyjogger, and had an inadequate buildup to a full mary [~30 mpw, but reasonable aerobic base, was a sub 2:30 oly tri'er, aka hobby biker+swimmer] so had a reasonable aerobic base [~20 flat 5k, so not good but not 4 hour territory either]

and.... wait for it.....

spent about 12 weeks sidelined after my first and only full mary with a hip issue. My typical running blocks are usually book-ended by injuries [I'm over 40], and I dont think my experience is outside typical. Anything beyond about 15-20 mpw seems to put me on a path to injury. YMMV

This also means its not so much that thon training is the devil---I cant get through mid distance run training un-injured either. Fortunately theres a lot of stuff out there that isn't just running.

Easy Peasy wrote:

gdeegz wrote:

Not true. Running injuries can have severe consequences that impact your quality of life. A labrum tear can cause lifelong pain.

How in the world does on tear their labrum from running? This must be a troll post.

You might be confusing with the labrum in the shoulder, but the labrum in the hip.can get injured from running. It's really f*cking annoying to recover from.

I completed one Marathon at age 33 and ruined by legs and hips. I raced the Marathon on 25 miles per week. Yeah. My fault. I am not a high mileage guy. No way was I going to run over 60 miles per week. Training for 5Ks are good for one's health, not Marathons. I do not think Marathoners are doing them for their good health.