[Coming To Running at 40, 50, 60, or 70!] There are big differences between running at 17 and running at 70. At 70 you are most likely slower. More significantly however, at that age you are at high risk of an accident. And if you do become injured recovery will take longer. Much longer. Read […]
Coming To Running: Getting ready to run – an assessment Read More »
[Coming To Running at 40, 50, 60, or 70!] We don’t want to cause injury from exercise! We’re talking about older people here, people over 40. We are talking about people who have had many years of sitting with one leg crossed over another; many hours leaning in a special way while they write, always
Coming to Running: Are you fit to run? Read More »
Starting to run is quite easy – just go out there and do it! It will affect your mind and your body. The impact will depend on your age and condition, but whatever your age and whatever your condition – start easy and increase gradually. The first target may be to run for 30 minutes.
Coming to running (at 40, 50, 60, 70!): Getting started at running Read More »
You won’t be running if you are not mobile or don’t want to exercise. But otherwise, why should you choose running? This is a symmetrical activity. You use one leg at a time, but anything the left leg does the right leg is also bound to do which means the load on the body is
Coming to Running: (at 40, 50, 60, 70!) – Why run? Read More »
Mankind’s destiny Man achieved ascendency on Planet Earth through a big brain. The big brain came from eating meat, which started from the transition from gatherer to hunter. Archaeologists maintain this happened as a result of developing tools from 2.6 million years ago. Paleoanthropologists posit that the transition started earlier through running. Human physiology is
Born to run! – Coming to Running at 40, 50, 60, 70? Read More »
It’s October. Daylight appears at 7am and lasts until about 6 pm. This makes for a relaxed backpacking plan:- a core of 7 hours walking, topped and tailed by 2 hours for breaking and making camp. [route map at end of post] Arriving late on a Tuesday evening, I had the campsite to myself –
The Lakes – An Autumn Pitch Read More »
T was keen to revisit his youth! He had worked as a gillie on an estate while a fresh-faced student. He ran up and down the pathless hills to manoeuvre deer towards the hunters. On his days off he took free and walked to The West reaching the edge of that blank part of the
Knoydart – a TGO Challenge Pre-amble, or a Post-lockdown Taster? Read More »
Moving the site from Google to WordPress was accompanied by a change from HTTP to HTTPS. The Ordinance Survey mapping application used here validates the account using a URL and key code combination. The new URL was being rejected by the app which is now out of support. In the middle of Covid lockdown OS
The interactive maps on this site use an App provided by the UK Ordinance Survey. OpenSpace was made available 7 or 8 years ago. When married with a gpx file of location coordinates it provides a great illustration of a route superimposed on the standard OS maps. These can be zoomed in or out or
Why the [ordinance survey] maps don’t work Read More »
