Study: Are Longer Runs Better?
29 views · Published 11 September 2014 · 1:21 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2014 · News & Politics
A study out this week shows that long distance and short distance runners may receive many of the same health benefits. The research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology by American researchers says that running, no matter how fast or how long, will reduce risk of early death by 30 percent. Runners also had a 45 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease or stroke. Researchers looked at people who ran 30 minutes a week and others who ran two hours per week, and the mortality rate was about the same. It was a 15-year study that examined more than 50,000 people to determine the impact that running even short distances had on heart health. To see the full study, click here. _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
