Is Running a Weight Bearing Exercise?

Is Running a Weight Bearing Exercise? Overview Running is renowned for its cardiovascular and calorie-burning effects. However, it is also a weight-bearing exercise, which is any activity that works your bones and muscles against gravity. Weight-bearing exercise stresses your bones, which increases bone density and wards off osteoporosis, or "brittle-bone" disease. However, despite its benefits, running can also contribute to health problems. Benefits of Weight-bearing Exercises By building...

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The Coin Toss

By Anne Brennan Six years ago I ran my last triathlon. It was one of those amazing days when everything came together. I had been terrified about the swim before the start. First, because it was my first open water swim without a wetsuit and second, because as I stepped in the water a snake slid across my ankle. But the swim went perfectly. I wasn’t throttled by other swimmers, I didn’t go off track like I had in past races and I came out of the water feeling strong. I had been timid about...

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