After years of exercise, Kate Battersby at high 50 has become a real runner, and she says the sport gives her confidence and shape in life.
She talked about how she started and shared her advice on beginners.
Forgive me now, when I laugh.
After all, I am a couch potato in the words of my late father.
I like to sit down.
Or lie down and it\'s better to be brought so I don\'t have to move.
Back in July, when I was 50 and 7 months old, I had been doing zero sports for several years except walking my dog.
However, I am here, running five times a week in October.
What did the Times bringmaking change?
Get the answer ready because it\'s big. Revolutionary. Life-defining. The answer is. . .
I want to try it. Um, that\'s it.
I am not overweight and have no high blood pressure.
While I hate the idea of a gym, I just think that some kind of exercise might be a good thing ---
I took out a ridiculous sum of money that I didn\'t have and then didn\'t attend due to laziness and fear of the magic man.
You know them, right?
Motivated people like to get up early or don\'t get up at all.
They look great without makeup.
They were not bothered by the beads of sweat, showed a shiny glow, or, in the way Roger Federer patented, fought against biology by apparently not sweating.
Most importantly, their hair doesn\'t look like a shoulder
Sports of The Long Brie mat.
I\'m not a magical person, but my friend Catherine is.
She\'s in the middle of her.
In her 50 s, she has been running since she was 17.
She recently ran 10 kilometers in 49 minutes.
There was a picture of her at the end of half an hour.
Marathon, she looks the same as me after two hours of hair and makeup --
Besides better.
Worst of all, as a person, she is a nuisance of greatness, so I can\'t even hit her.
On a strange afternoon at the end of the parade, when I had a point of trying to run, she said she would go with me, and most of the time she would still go.
She has become my mentor and always encourages me to do amazing things when I am purple, cow and panting.
Tip 1: If you can, find yourself a Catherine (
A reliable, inspirational running buddy)
Tip 2: Suzy Holly and Lisa Jackson run easily on their own
Help books are usually a refuge for sofa potatoes, but this lazy bone --
The friendly book breaks down the unconquerable mountains into climbing molehills.
Tip 3: If you are a woman, it feels ridiculous to buy a sports BraI to go to the fitness store when I haven\'t already run a step, but find them very helpful.
It turns out that the shock-proof sports bra is very popular.
So we arrived on August 1, the date I chose to start running.
First four: stretching before and after.
It becomes easy to run, or the Internet will provide advice.
Then put 1 feet in front of the other and start running. Great --
In addition to 200 yards, you will need to have a double lung transplant.
Top Tip 5: Don\'t worry, this is the same EveryoneTop Tip 6: Don\'t move you take a breath, but go (Or Stagger)
Until you feel like you can run some more tips 7: Don\'t do more than half a mile on your first DayTop tips 8: Don\'t be on a stretcher that I feel really good about
Not that much the next day.
Limbs of concrete-
However, it never happened again.
My guess is that this is due in part to stretching, which I have never skipped, and also because of Article 8: slowing down.
If you resist crazy efforts at the beginning, you are more likely to complete the distance you choose without having to stop.
Nine: build slowly.
I started running every three days. Gradually, the first 200 yards became 400 yards and 800 yards.
About a month later, I kept running a mile and started running every other day.
I ran almost two miles at once.
I had to stop for 12 days at a time because my left knee didn\'t feel good, but I stretched out religiously for 12 days without further problems. Beware, though.
Running equipment is expensive.
Running is free, but the accessories are not, and more than you think.
I bought a second bra, two pairs of capris (
Leggings under the knee are cut off)
Two vests, two long.
Long sleeve top with two zippersTop wool (
Easier to remove in the medium term
Than pulling things on your head to run)
Two pairs of socks and some very good shoes.
My total expenditure so far is $515, without the long leggings and waterproof tops I need in winter.
But the fee was worth it and never was worth it more than my tenth top tip.
A pair of up to $15 padded running socks sounds like an indulgence for posers, but nothing stops newbies faster than blisters.
Catherine took me to solo socks and they were really happy.
Top 10 suggestions: you need good running shoes after 2 months, which made me find the final suggestion.
Top tips 11: analyze your gait and buy some very good shoes.
This service is available in many sports stores.
At the on fitness store, I tried out five pairs of shoes on their treadmill and was analyzed as a right-foot speaker, don\'t you know, before investing $160 in the Nike Lunarglide 5S.
\"Test them on all terrain and if they are not correct, just come back in 28 days and we can try something else,\" the assistant encouraged . \".
Now, I take a two-day break every three days, almost running a full three miles in 30 minutes.
This is probably my ambition.
I don\'t think I run 10 K (about six-and-a-half miles), or a half-
Marathon, don\'t be full of 26.
2 miles though I will try 5 k Park running soon.
My goal is to make running a part of my life.
Of course, this is the summer months, and it will be a more severe test when wet, short-lived days become the norm.
But I feel good.
Although I really like jogging best when it\'s over.
I haven\'t skipped a run since September and am actively looking forward to each one.
Strange because I find it hard to run itself.
But when I really like it, there are a full few seconds, especially when it\'s over.
In particular, I found out that I was interested in healthy food, and my taste of sugary garbage disappeared.
Others think I lost weight, and even though I didn\'t lose weight, my clothes fit as well.
The most important thing is that the framework I like to run gives me life.
I seem to be dealing with something. I have purpose.
So my last suggestion is. .
Do it if you want.
Rest assured that I have not yet become one of the gods.
I was purple at the end of the run. My lungs heave. I look hideous.
But I\'m doing it.
Incredibly, I am a runner.
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