by Mac » Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:35 am
We're all getting anxious to ski. Just be careful not to overdue it with this running thing. Older joints (or anyone's, for that matter) sometimes don't take kindly to all that pounding. I have heard that every time your foot hits the pavement, the force generated by it is equal to seven times your body weight. That's scary. I know you got into it later in life, but most runners I know are shot by the time they reach 50. Then they turn to cycling. I ride with a group of them every Sunday. I sometimes get out and run over the course of the winter when it's not practicle to bike, just to keep up my aerobic conditioning, but I keep it to a minimum. Same reason I've got away from using free weights in favor of other forms of resistance training. Have come to the conclusion that it can do more harm than good.
Best regards, and pray for snow,
Mac