Sometimes had to be more traditional than the traditionalists we were up against. Wouldn't do for them to turn down an old-school challenge; they'd lose their union card.
That's odd. Scarring of the lungs is an easy enough repair in my day; I thought the technique was fairly old. I'm not going to get into the differences between our times, suffice it to say I knew quite a few ladies from polite society who ran as a form of exercise. Keeps you in shape for the dance floor if nothing else.