Stop what you’re doing. Drop everything. And start running. That seems to be the conclusion one should draw after a “new study found that, compared to nonrunners, runners tended to live about three additional years, even if they run slowly or sporadically and smoke, drink or are overweight. No other form of exercise that researchers looked at showed comparable impacts on life span.” (So as you run, the finish line gets farther away.) From the NYT’s Gretchen Reynolds: An Hour of Running May Add 7 Hours to Your Life. (Before I actually start running, I’m gonna need to know which seven hours…)