Running is good, even with a runny nose.

A few posts back, I wondered if exercising was a good idea when I was feeling moderately lousy. Today, the NY Times answered that question, and it is all good. One less excuse for me.


Here is the crux of the matter:

"Dr. Kaminsky also runs a fitness program at the university, dealing with regular exercisers. When he tells them it is all right to exercise when they have a cold, many are “a little suspicious,” he said. Often, they want to back off a little, lowering the intensity of their efforts.
“We tell them that’s O.K. if it’s for a short period of time,” Dr. Kaminsky said. “But what you have to be cautious of, where I see it as more of an issue, is with people who are trying to build that exercise habit. They’ve got all these barriers anyway.”

AND too often taking time off because of a cold is the start of falling away from the program entirely."

Yeah, um. I just took a break there for, oh, four years or so.