I'm not sure if this has gone national yet but its big news in the local media down herehttp://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Little-Stoke-Parkrun-Decison/story-29097813-detail/story.html
Birmingham International Marathon announced for October 2017. I've done a few half marathons and I think this is the spur to step up to the plate, especially as it passes Villa Park according to the provisional route.
I have never been a fan of running. I do quite a bit of strenuous mountain-walking in the Pyrenees but am not at all active enough given my propensity for eating and drinking.She-who-must-be-obeyed is always out running so I have bitten the bullet at 50 and am going to buy a Harley Davidson going to start with a couch to 5k programme. If I like it I hope to do take it from there. I start this evening (it's 35°C now so it will be about 30-32°C later on so I'm pleased that my first run is a bit of jogging and walking).
Quote from: Bad English on September 05, 2016, 03:25:37 PMI have never been a fan of running. I do quite a bit of strenuous mountain-walking in the Pyrenees but am not at all active enough given my propensity for eating and drinking.She-who-must-be-obeyed is always out running so I have bitten the bullet at 50 and am going to buy a Harley Davidson going to start with a couch to 5k programme. If I like it I hope to do take it from there. I start this evening (it's 35°C now so it will be about 30-32°C later on so I'm pleased that my first run is a bit of jogging and walking).That's exactly how I started with the Couch to 5K app. I was doing really well with it, and went from the couch stage to the 5K, to then running 15 miles in about 10 weeks. However a fall caused by tripping in a pothole contributed to a herniated disc in my back, so my running days now seem over before they really got going.I'm now looking at less jarring activities like cycling instead.My completely non-expert advice for what it's worth:Get yourself a good pair of trainers from a shop that measures your gait etc. I was getting shin splints and proper trainers helped sort them out. I also found that compression socks helped.Don't run every day.Stay off concrete as much as possible.Stretch loads before and after, and buy one of those knobbly muscle rollers that look like a Keith Vaz sex toy.