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I have started running this fall. I never thought I would, but I did. And I like it!
I'm lucky because I have the woods just outside my house.
Anyone else doing the odd run from time to time?
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I prefer fast walking to actually running. Running is bad on the joints.
Rory is right.... I used to run, but switched to walking fast(NOT like the Captain of the Winkie Guard, though! ). My brother, who is pushing 70, still runs, even though it has caused him to have a few knee surgeries.
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I used to run. I went from not being able to run a quarter of a mile to running six to ten miles (straight if I wanted to) a day, five days a week. I think it was about 47 minutes for ten miles. Though I'd often take breaks to keep myself hydrated by stopping at a fountain, and peeing (it's annoying to run when you got to pee). Plus, I often got cornered by the homeless park kitties, who wanted attention; how can you run by a pretty kitty wanting to be pet?
At one point while running, I realized I had never felt as good as I did in my whole life. The strength, the endurance, the increased lung capacity, all thansk to running.
I traded it out, however, to save gas going to the park and instead spend some on a stationary exercise bike. Now I use the bike, burning 800 calories a day, five days a week, in about an hour. That's about an average of 850 calories an hour, or about 130 to 145 calories every ten minutes (in other words, I'm one mean peddler). It's better, your breaks are in an aircondioned room, a good bathroom, no smokers and most importantly no nats or other bugs trying to get into you nose, eyes, and ears while running. Because of my speed I still sweat a lot and I get so hot that I can raise the room temperatue about eight degrees. When I step outside smoke is rising off my body -- I'm litterally smoking hot. ;-)
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Not necessarily running or jogging, but I've been making it a habit the last few weeks to always get outside during the evening to walk and climb steep hills (plenty of them here in Seattle.) It's been getting easier to scale them as the days have passed. I've also started going to a nearby wilderness park every weekend to jog up and down a staircase.
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