The World Needs More Runners

The world would be a better place if we all ran

Norman Marcotte
Runner's Life
Published in
4 min readFeb 3, 2024

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According to AskWonder, in 2017, it was estimated that over 600 million people were runners. This represents about 8% of the population. In the United States, almost 50 million people ran or jogged at least once in 2021, which is about 15% of the population. Not only do these millions derive personal benefits from running such as…

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Norman Marcotte
Runner's Life

Writer, runner, mentor, dreamer. Author of "Take 10 and Reach the Boston Marathon" and the children's book "Frankenstein's Science Project".