What Makes Dickens a Lousy Running Buddy? .

November 28, 2012 - 4:17pm — Lee Hadden

Reading while running or exercising can have unexpected results.

"We've found the vast majority of our readers are multitaskers. They listen while they do something else," says Michele Cobb, the association's president..."

"For Mr. Flood, a novel's tension and action can also influence the senses during a run. "When I was listening to 'Game of Thrones' and somebody was being chased through the woods by a group of marauding knights, it was fun to be running through the rolling prairies here," says Mr. Flood."

See: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323353204578129202490992958.html?KEYWORDS=dickens