Meh. I read that. Just one of those things like Mark Twain's quote about how he got his exercise acting as pallbearers for his friends who exercised. Some people have nothing better to do than to offer "proof" that healthy behavior really isn't.
If you couldn't tell the story was idiotic from the outset, that absolute citation of a 7:30 mile cements it. That's quite a bit quicker than my PR 5K pace, enough to win AG in most of the 5Ks I compete in. I might be able to sustain 7:30 for a one-mile race ... but I've never tried it, and I certainly can't do mile repeats that fast in training. Now, I know plenty of women my age who *are* that fast, but for a 50-something woman, it's hardly an easy jog. For a 70-something woman, it's probably national level pace.
So, we're probably all safe. After all, look what happened to Paula Radcliffe! Painful surgery! Missing the Olympics three times! It could happen to you!
ETA: Runners World takes it apart: http://www.runnersworld.com/health/t...th-rises-again
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