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The Runner's World Show

Episode 63: The Runner’s Heart

The Runner's World Show

Runner's World / Panoply

Sports

4.3530 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week, we have a very special show: a roundtable on the topic of heart health and running. With help from our experts, we try to address how good/bad running is for your heart and try to make sense of the headlines that say, “Too much running will kill you!” (:40) This episode of the Runner's World Show is brought to you by Brooks. Sign up for the Brooks Big Endorsement and become a sponsored athlete at www.BrooksAthlete.com/rw. Further Reading: The Runner's Heart Episode Credits: Host: Christine Fennessy Producers: Sylvia Ryerson and Christine Fennessy Special thanks to Dr. Jordan Metzl for leading our roundtable discussion. The Runner's World Show is a proud part of Panoply. Check out our show page here. Follow us on Twitter (@rwaudio) and Facebook (Runner's World Audio). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

There once was a woman who lived in a shoe.

0:03.0

A size too snug, but what could she do?

0:06.0

But that's not where her story ends.

0:08.0

Thanks to a little help from her Experian friends,

0:11.0

she got her score into much better shape

0:13.0

and relocated to a box fresh new place,

0:16.0

with room to grow and a mortgage to suit.

0:19.0

Now, she lives in a spacious four-bedroom cowboy boots.

0:23.3

Better your Experian credit score to help get mortgage ready.

0:26.5

Experian, better your score, better your story.

0:32.2

Welcome to the Runner's World Show, where each week we entertain, inspire, and inform you about all things running.

0:38.3

I'm Christine Fennessey, one of the producers here at Runner's World. This week we have a very

0:42.7

special show for you, a roundtable on the topic of heart health and running. Every year, typically

0:48.2

during marathon season, we hear stories, some inspiring and others tragic, of people suffering sudden cardiac arrest in a race.

0:56.9

And in the past few years, there's been a steady drip of news articles with hyperbolic statements like,

1:01.9

Too Much Running Will Kill You.

1:04.2

It's a lot of information to digest, and it can all get very confusing, very fast.

1:09.7

So when Dr. Jordan Metzl proposed assembling an all-star

1:12.5

roundtable of experts on the Runner's Heart, we thought, yes, this is the perfect way to make sense

1:18.4

of the headlines. In addition to being a marathoner in Iron Man, Jordan is a sports medicine physician,

1:24.4

author, creator of the Iron Strength Workout DVD series, and a member of our advisory board here at Runner's World.

1:30.3

He was also the moderator of this discussion, which took place in Boston this past April, on Easter Sunday, the day before the Boston Marathon.

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