I think I'm a fairly fit 48 year old male, my cardio is pretty good from cycling and despite being 5'10" I'm a svelte 67kg. My issue is my knees, if I jog for more than about 7km I get serious pain on the inside of my knees (either knee). I think one of my issues has always been that my heart and lungs can run but my joints can't. So I'm thinking that instead of trying to run longer I should just try running less but more often. I began slow jogging just 1 mile each night and I'm thinking I will start doing another mile in the morning. It's my theory that in time - perhaps six months - my knees might have got used to the light but regular pounding and I'll eventually be able to increase the distance. I wondered if anyone has a suggestion, does my plan sound viable ?
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I would see someone who can out together a strength programme to help your knees. One the gym staff (yes I know it might be difficult at the moment) did me one. Alternatively a decent physio will do one for you.
Also I would start with C25K. It is a really good programme, I returned to running using it after major hip surgery and my consultant was very happy for me to do so.
And yes you're plan sounds viable, short steady runs and build up, took me about a year before I attempted a 10K after running a couple of miles 2 or 3 times a week.
Thanks guys.
Can’t open my own thread so piggybacking here
I am 61 years old 5’11” 76 kgs weight
I led a lethargic lifestyle so was overweight but last one year have reduced 10kgs
I was walking regularly for more then an hour everyday for the past one year
I have recently started adding jogging to my routine
I have a lap of 600M
After the first round of warmup..I jog slow pace for 350m and then walk
Then I reduce my jogging by 50 m so next time it will be 300m and so on till I reach 50 m
Totally I jog 7 rounds and then walk for the rest of the time to cool down
At the end of the jogging portion each time I am totally breathless and the exertion would be 9/10
Is this desirable?
Should I reduce my jogging or I can continue in this pattern and after some days it will get better?
Alternatively I can jog for 350m on alternate laps so I get a lot of time to recover
Cheers