Garmin tracked runners’ mileage, sleep, heart rates, and stress to prove that running more miles is better for your health. Garmin Connect is a health app that tracks and analyzes your fitness activities. To celebrate Global Running Day, runners tracked and logged their stats in an effort to answer the question: Will running more miles make you healthier?
Results revealed that those who ran up to 10 miles a week had a sleep score of 72/100 compared to those who ran 50 miles a week had a score of 75/100. Those who ran 10 miles a week have a higher Body Battery score (73) than those who ran 50 miles (83). Body Battery is a stat calculated by Garmin Connect that estimates how much energy your body has in one day. Runners who ran 10 miles had a 3-point lower stress level than those who didn’t run at all, but those who ran 50 miles had a 30% lower stress level than those who didn’t run. Even these few statistics demonstrate how beneficial running can be for your body.
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