Only just seen this thread......I started walking/jogging ( a bit!) about a week ago at 55.Never had the slightest desire to do it before,in fact I couldn't think why on earth people wanted to do it.Wouldn't run for a bus....
But,first of all,a friend who works for the NHS told me about this app she had downloaded to her phone from the NHS site thats called (I think) 'From Couch to 5K' which basically tries to help complete non exercisers gradually build up to being able to jog 5K. . . . as opposed to lying on the couch LOL
Anyway,she loved it and had found it quite easy,although she's only a young 'un ( 42
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I didn't end up using the app,but I just felt so bloomin downright unfit since Xmas,that I decided to have a little experimental jog whilst out walking.Setting myself little goals like 'to the next tree' or 'to that parked car'
I managed it ok-ish,but felt terribly self-conscious,puffing along in my little old lady way of moving.
Freakishly . . . after a lifetime of comparitive inertia.....I find I like it!
My knees however.....don't!!! But I'm going to see if that's just the initial shock to their system and try and build up very gently.My teenage daughter was hysterical with laughter,and my husband looked at me queerly over his spectacles,when I announced my new 'hobby'.And that has made me all the more keen....
Let's keep going girls!