Top Ten Runner's in Track and Field Olmpics

Michael Johnson

Carl Lewis

Jesse Owens

Roger Bannister

Joe Falcon

Wilma Rudolph

Billy Mills

Evelyn Ashford

Marie-Jose Perec

Cathy Freeman

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Running is a cheap and easy exercise. "You don't need anything other than a good pair of shoes and somewhere safe to run," says Dr. Margot Putukian, director of athletic medicine at Princeton University. And with all the health benefits of a good jog, it's no wonder that nearly 12 million Americans do it regularly and more than 37 million lace up their track shoes at least once a year. Running helps prevent obesity, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol and heart disease. It helps with mental health while burning between 450 and 1,400 calories an hour, depending on a runner's speed and size. Just 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise three times a week can increase longevity by six years, says Dr. Tyler Cooper, a physician at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas and co-author (with his dad, Dr. Kenneth Cooper) of the new book "Start Strong, Finish Strong."  ....More

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Before signing up for 26.2 miles, you should have at least a year of running in your log, by running or run-walking three to four times per week for four to six miles per run, says coach and exercise physiologist Jenny Hadfield, co-author of Marathoning for Mortals. Too much too soon may set you up for injury and keep you from getting to the starting line. ....More

The Runner's Diet

By Madelyn H. Fernstrom Ph.D., C.N.S.

It seems almost impossible that runners could become overweight. All that running, all those calories burned along city streets and down park paths--it just doesn't seem right (or fair). ...More