Originally Posted by terrymorse

Yes, I've read that inflammation is important for inducing improvement.

But this brings up the idea of "not all exercise induced inflammation good". I'm thinking of cardiac scarring that might induce atrial fibrillation, something on the minds of us chronic, older exercisers. After a long and hard race where I'm at the limit, I might be tempted to pop some NSAIDs to get the old ticker back to a "safe" condition.