I'm not really a running person. I've tried. I've watched Conan the Barbarian, watched Arnold run forever with ease, and thought "this would be cool", but in practice I've really got the wrong body type. My legs are too big for good running, and I prefer it that way. I could just be making excuses as humans are so very good at, but looking at good runners the facts fit. Anyway, as I said I have tried, but I hit a wall pretty soon. But I still have found that running is an excellent way to really get the metabolism going, and thus it's a good weight loss tool. I've tried doing weight training and general cardio, but they didn't work for me. Adding in running always has been the change that made all the difference and enabled me to, at the extremes of being overweight, lose around a kilo a week.
But overtime I've found for me injuries build up. Right now I've got a niggling ankle issue which, while is getting better, is only doing so as I've mostly backed off running. So I've found it hard to recommend running, but I still do as it's one of the few 100% successful methods I've found to burn off calories. I have however moved more to run/walks, as I think all you need to do is get the metabolism up. But even that's on pause right now. Sigh. I think I'm regaining weight too. Away from home right now so it's hard to check.
Sigh. Weight maintenance. It can be so hard.
