#tbt – “I think I’ll have to die from some other cause”


Dr. Tyrus Peace began running at age 43 to combat againa pectoris (chest pain due to coronary heart disease). “The exercise has improved my heart condition to a point where I think I’ll have to die from some other cause.”

It must have worked – he lived until 1999, when he was 85 years old.

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A reminder that it wasn’t always common knowledge that exercise was good for you.

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