Fitness and its discontents
Among the byproducts of jogging are a sense of wellbeing, a pair of tired feet and an intense inflammation of the non-jogger. Though no one seems to know exactly why runners and nonrunners have developed such an intense public loathing for each other, Pollster Lou Harris has a rough idea of how many troops each camp can claim: there are 17.1 million runners and joggers in America, 8 million of whom, reports Harris, are certain that nonrunners consider them "oddballs" and "nuts," and 73 million people who think joggers do...
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