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All Shapes And Sizes
Runner's World SA
|September/October 2025
Why the benefits of exercising are significant regardless of your body shape.
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LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS when running was reserved for lean, stick-thin types. These days, you see people with all body shapes lining up at race start lines, and a recent study* in Japan has found that this is good news for health outcomes of overweight runners.
This story is from the September/October 2025 edition of Runner's World SA.
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