i am a 50 yr old male 13st9lbs and i am training for the gnr,after being idle for the past 17yrs.i have apair of wave riders,are these suitable for this distance given my age and weight.i have been suffering some pain on the insideof my knee joints whenever i increase my mileage
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It's possible the knee problem might be caused by over pronation, the wave rider is not particularly a stability show (see elsewhere on this web site), it's more for cushioning. There are so many possibilities, I wouldn't like to say anything more - get someone who knows what they're doing to take a look. If you have a Sweatshop in your area (running shop kind that is!) or somewhere like Run and Become, Runner's Need, etc, they're all very good.
Where are you based? Someone is bound to know of a good running shop nearby.
Iain
Having said that 13st 9 may be an okay weight but it depends upon what your height is. For example the BMI for a man of 5ft 10 (average height) at that weight is 27.4 - which is deemed that you're 20% overweight and it does mean you should try to lose that excess (always assuming you are the average height). You can work out your BMI here http://www.caloriecontrol.org/bmi.html