Sunday, March 18, 2012

Running May Be Good for Your Wallet

We went to get our taxes done this morning and now, of course, I'm consumed with all things financial after getting some very bad news.

I like to complain about the expenses associated with running: the not-cheap technology that is suddenly a "must have"; the never-on-sale running shoes; the exorbitant race fees just to earn a technical t-shirt (that serves as free marketing for the organizations you overpaid!); and the visits to health care providers to fix us when we go too far for too long.

But apparently running (and many other forms of exercise) may actually keep us from overspending.

So while I figure out how to take out a McMansion-sized mortgage and adopt three children before the next tax bill is due, consider listening at your leisure to this Marketplace Money report: Sweating out bad spending habits.

5 comments:

Tricia said...

This is too fun y considering what I wrote today. Here I thought I needed to start running to stop spending money. Turns out I just need. Ore spin. Haha.

smartygirl said...

bah, don't want to think about doing my taxes...

See.Kate.Run said...

Taxes this year was a bad scene for me. Ugh!

Carilyn said...

But think about how much money we save in psychotherapy! :). PS - I avoid Hubs during tax time. What you don't know can't hurt you!

Black Knight said...

Taxes: terrible word. Italy is the worst country in the world about that topic: highest taxes and bad services.
Running, despite the cost, is a pleasure, taxes are a tragedy if we don't get welfare and services.