Running

I have to laugh at being told you should switch to walking at the advanced age of 28. :laugh:

I started this past year at 38. I run with my 25 year old niece and my 54 year old brother. At the races we've been to, the bulk of the runners are in their 40s through 60s. My brother's age bracket is the most competitive... where there might be 7 or 8 runners in my bracket, there'll be 25 in his.

If I had a nickel for every out of shape person who told me how bad running is for me, I'd be a rich man!

I think many people don't take enough time to:

1. Stretch
2. Get the proper equipment -- shoes, etc.
3. Research proper running form and correct poor techniques like heel-striking

I recently researched proper running techniques and it opened my eyes how to run while reducing the stresses on my body and preventing injury. I see so many people running with styles that have so much impact on their bodies and it's very avoidable.

that's a bunch of bologna -- I've been running for years, and have zero joint pain -- most running injuries are completely preventable with proper shoes, training and proper form. If you hear someone griping about their running injuries -- I can nearly guarantee they were doing or wearing something wrong.

*sticks hand up*

AGREE. - biggest thing ever is stretching! people don't stretch properly and it gives insane muscle pain when you don't stretch properly.

(if anyone has been paying attention to me or my posts lately - let it be said that although I'm a runner, I didn't get a runner injury. A car did that for me!)