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My patients, to whom I tell them that they should do sports, ask, “Should we run or should we walk?” As a nation, we are not very interested in sports. Let alone running, we neglect even walking and do not encourage our children to do sports. This reluctance of ours is reinforced by the news in the press about “he had a heart attack while playing football” and “his heart stopped while running” and we avoid all sports that require effort and strain. Of course, it is not right for people with blocked coronary arteries or other serious health problems to run, but there is no reason why a healthy person should not run and studies show that running is more beneficial than walking.