Do runners live longer? These are difficult questions. Two years ago, a 27-year-old marathoner collapsed and died in the Hengchun Marathon. That same year, Jim Fixx, author of The Complete Book of Running, dropped dead while jogging at the age of 52.
兩年前，一位廿七歲的青年在恆春馬拉松的比賽途中死亡；同年在美國，寫書道盡跑步好處的美國暢銷書作者吉姆．費克斯也在跑步途中倒地不起。