Health | runner Runners Live Longer: Study Health benefits extend into runners' 90s By Rob Quinn Posted Aug 12, 2008 3:52 AM CDT Copied A jogger runs along the Stanley Park seawall in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck) Runners live longer and age more slowly than non-runners, a new study has found. Researchers tracked hundreds of older people for decades and discovered those who ran regularly remained active later into old age and were less likely to develop disabilities. Twenty years into the study 34% of the non-runners had died, compared to just 16% of the runners. Runners continued to outpace non-runners in health benefits even into their 90s, the researchers found. The runners had much healthier hearts and were also less likely to die from cancer, infections or neurological disease. "If you had to pick one thing to make people healthier as they age, it would be aerobic exercise," said the author of the study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Supreme Court ruling is a big blow to Planned Parenthood. Report an error