Does Running Too Much Wreck Your Heart?

Thomas and Brady discuss the potential negative effects of long-term running on your heart, and the potential increase in mortality risk.  How worried should regular runners be? 

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00:00 What does decades of running do to your heart?

03:53 The physical changes in your heart

06:10 Calcium

07:50 How much running causes these changes?
09:11 Stress and the heart

11:11 “Show me the bodies” - mortality risk?

15:28 “wear and tear” - valid?

18:18 - signs and symptoms of heart issues

23:20 Men and women, the differences

24:50 Study - masters athletes training vs heart episodes

32:45 Has Brady changed his training based on potential future heart issues?

The study referenced:
The timing and relationship of ventricular arrhythmia with exercise patterns in veteran male endurance athletes

https://academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurjpc/zwag021/8417747

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