17 Funny Things People in the 1970s Were Totally Guilty of Doing

Believing The Complete Book of Running could solve all our health problems

Don’t get us wrong: Running is great, but there are a lot of other types of exercise out there! Jim Fixx’s 1977 best-seller, however, convinced the world that running was the key to longevity.

In the early 1980s, he famously died of a heart attack at the age of 52 in the middle of a run in Vermont.

It was a tragic lesson for all of us, but it did open up a nationwide conversation about running, health, and life expectancy.