Just joined, I'm 55, very new to this started out just walking , then fast walking so I thought the natural next step would be to start jogging - so I have started doing alternate days jogging /walking got up to 6 1/2 mile with my walks (about 90 mins) and around 5 mile for my joggs( around an hour) nearly the same times!!
Ive already lost 3 1/2 stone so would like to keep at it, my pace has gradually come down when jogging from around 14 Min/Mile to just over 12 Min/Mile, I use a Polar M430 for tracking my progress and I know that Wrist based HR is not really that accurate but I'm taking it slow and the HR tracker seems to correspond with effort uphills especially, but I find myself in HR zone 5 ( around 90% ish of my Max) for alot of my Jogg.
Not wanting to spend more money on a chest strap would it be ok to carry on what Im doing and just try to slow a little
( but this seems so unnatural) during anaerobic pace not wanting to keel over with an attack !!!
Many Thanks.
Paul.
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What I would recommend at this point for you, is simply avoid injury at all cost, truly do not worry about pace at this point. Heart rate wise, you could benefit mostly at this early stage from low hr training. Run by feel, and make the majority or your running in the easy zone (can hold a conversation, walk if necessary and slowly increase pace as you rest). That way you can go longer, and you'll be building an excellent aerobic base, getting your body used to being on its feet and utilising energy stores that are good.
Going hard works only while you stay uninjured and not burned out, which occurs pretty quickly. Have a watch of this video, it's very true what it says.
https://youtu.be/MALsI0mJ09I
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<div class="QuoteText">Just joined, I'm 55, very new to this started out just walking , then fast walking so I thought the natural next step would be to start jogging - so I have started doing alternate days jogging /walking got up to 6 1/2 mile with my walks (about 90 mins) and around 5 mile for my joggs( around an hour) nearly the same times!!
Ive already lost 3 1/2 stone so would like to keep at it, my pace has gradually come down when jogging from around 14 Min/Mile to just over 12 Min/Mile, I use a Polar M430 for tracking my progress and I know that Wrist based HR is not really that accurate but I'm taking it slow and the HR tracker seems to correspond with effort uphills especially, but I find myself in HR zone 5 ( around 90% ish of my Max) for alot of my Jogg.
Not wanting to spend more money on a chest strap would it be ok to carry on what Im doing and just try to slow a little
( but this seems so unnatural) during anaerobic pace not wanting to keel over with an attack !!!
Many Thanks.
Paul.</div>
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Just a simple message to say very well done! Three and a half stone is some going and it takes perseverance. The body rewards when we steer it in the right direction. You already deserve a lot of credit. Keep going!
my highest I was ~100kg, about 5 years ago, with up and downs I'm currently 83kg.
best thing I've ever done was learning that it is ok to walk
slow runs, recovery runs, zone 2 runs etc, is bulk of my training now.
Just joined the forum today and found out this evening I have a place for the London marathon 2023! I ran a few half’s back in 2017-2018 including one marathon but stopped running in 2019 due to some mental health struggles and just completely stopped running. Weight has piled on and I went from around 12 stone to currently 16.
The marathon place has really inspired me to try and get back to healthy eating, healthy exercising and rediscover my love for running. I would love to hear about people’s journeys especially for building to long distance. I feel like I’m coming at this as a new person to running having not run for awhile and starting with a much higher weight than I was a few years ago.
Currently I can walk at a good pace for about an hour. I haven’t attempted any kind of jogs or runs yet but my aim is to start this week breaking walks up with short runs and jogs.
My aim is to be able to run the whole distance I’m not really bothered about time as I am realistic that I have a long way to go with training and weight loss.
> Hello, I’m new to the forum too but have been running about 4-5 years
And have you managed to post a new thread yet?