There are many reasons why running is a great exercise for middle age. Helps keep your weight down and your cardiovascular fitness. Doing it for as little as 10 minutes can also improve mood and mental ability, with one study involving 232,149 people linking it to a 30% lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease and a 23% reduction in risk of death from cancer.
Even better news for those inspired by the sight of thousands of runners tearing through the streets of the capital tomorrow for the London Marathon: age is no bar.
Jamie McPhee, a professor of musculoskeletal physiology at Manchester Metropolitan University, found in a study that whether people had been running for decades or had
