On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 08:59:18 +0100 "Bob W" <[email protected]> wrote:
> You have to be careful not to do too much too soon. I don't know how > old you are, but for gentlemen of a certain age one has to crank it > up steadily. I've been jogging for just under 4 years now. In the i would probably come under 'men of a certain age'. :) will turn 47 in december... > first year I built up fairly quickly to running 5 miles in each > session, which took 55 minutes. But after a few weeks I was getting > so much trouble in my ankles and knees that I scaled it right back to > give my joints time to strengthen gradually. we have an informal running group Bob, where guys do consult sports doctors and the like. i started in april with 2-3 km and by may-end just about managed complete a 10-km run. been careful not to push myself too hard too fast. from may, been doing only around 10km, roughly thrice a week. so far so good. doing a half marathon in november and again in feb. fingers crossed. hopefully i can spare myself the fate of having to hobble around in my old age... :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
