Starting Point

I last ran in 1976 in a 1.5ml cross country race for leaders in a south Manchester scouting event. In my 40s I had a period where we had a gym at work and for a year or so I regularly used the running machine.
In the last 15 years, I have only run for trains.

Lynne (the lovely wife) and I do quite a bit of hill walking including a few long distance paths over the last few years, The Great Glen Way, the Gritstone Trail and the West Highland Way. I am naturally scrawny being 5’11” and have remained around 10s 4lb for many years so I’ve not much weight to carry and none to shed. On the downside, I have a glass back which I’m worried as to how it will stand up and clicky old knees, largely through protecting my back since I injured it at 19.

After buying my shoes, I wore them in the house all evening and they seemed comfortable.  I put the bins out at the roadside last night and, in darkness, ran in them from the roadside up the side of the house. 20m burst, silly but fun and it felt good.