There is a minor risk of hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease among regular walkers, compared with regular runners. (fitnessandpower.com)
(For regular runners looking to add in strategic walking breaks, Galloway suggests alternating 90 seconds of running and 30 seconds of walking if you run a 10 - minute mile on average. (health.com)
Around half of regular runners and players of team sports like football get some kind of musculoskeletal injury every year. (newscientist.com)