Jogging and health
Sir, — There were two misleading statements in the article on jogging which appeared in “The Press” on January 15, and was reprinted from the “Economist.” It said that “A hard runner can drop dead of a heart attack” and gives the example of a Congressman. I believe that runners who drop dead
while running have existing heart problems. Second, the survey on runners’ injuries was biased because it was obtained by readers writing in to the magazine. A survey by the Accident Compensation Commission in 1977 showed that runners comprised only 1.5 per cent of sportspeople reporting to doctors with injuries, compared with 44 per cent who were rugby players, 9 per cent netballers, and 7.3 per cent soccer players. The sportspeople comprised only 14 per cent of all cases of injuries reported to the doctors in the survey. What I do not know is what percentage of all runners are injured. In the meantime, I will continue running, sore hips and all. — Yours, etc., GLENN HASZARD. January 15, 1979.
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