Giving up RUNNING to protect your knees

It’s the standard excuse among the jogging-averse: ‘Running is so bad for your knees, though…’ Well, its clout as a get-out clause is null and void, according to Dr Grace Hsiao-wei Lo of the Baylor College of Medicine in the US. Dr Hsiao-wei Lo found, in a study of 2,683 participants that spanned eight years, that those who ran regularly actually reported the least knee pain and fewer symptoms of arthritis compared with the rest of the group. Hit your stride.