I'm 61 a midwife, live in Edinburgh & still working. I decided to get fit last year when I turned 60, so  started jogging  I'm really slow, but I love it, After some frustrated time tooling aroung websites trying to find a user-freindly UK running Log, I happened to find the Good Run Guide.  And after only a 6 day Trial I decided it's the one for me!

ASICS KAYANO 16.HAD THESE SINCE 26/12/12,COVERED APPRX 45MILES ,QUITE A HEAVY BLOKE 15ST.I NOTICED TODAY THE UPPER MATERIAL IS STARTING TO WEAR IE THE CROSS MESH MATERIAL NEAR THE BIG TOE AREA. STARTING TO GET THIN,IS THIS NORMAL ?.IS IT THE DONE THING TO RUN IN TRAINERS WITH HLOES IN THE UPPERS?!!.AS I AM USING THE TRAINER LOG WHICH ESTIMATES I HAVE ABOUT 300-400MILES LEFT.?

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP MARTIN.

GETTING IN TO THIS RUNNING GAME (ALL THO WALKING SOME OF THE TIME).STOPPED SMOKING 9TH DECEMBER,PRIOR TO HAVING GALL BLADDER REMOVED.DECIDED TO TRY GET FIT ONCE AND FORALL.THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE AND ENCOURAGING COMMENTS.GOING OUT EVERY OTHER DAY,DISTANCE 3.13 MILES,CAN RUN FOR ABOUT 300 METRS B4 WALKING QUICK PACE,REVERT BACK TO JOG!!!.HEART RATE BLIPS UP TO 164, AVERAGING 151 BPM(IS THIS SAFE?.(53, YRS, 14ST 1OLB.).TIME TO COMPLETE AT PRESENT;43 MINS .HAVE BEEN MONITORING BLOOD PRESSURE SEEMS LOW 95-51 AVERAGE,HIGHEST READING 110-66, RHR 57-59 TESTED 1ST THYING IN MORNING.IS IT BEST IF I STICK TO ABOVE DISTANCE UNTILL I CAN RUN WHOLE 3MILES WITHOUT HAVING TO WALK PART OF THE WAY ?.CAN SOME ONE PLEASE EXPLAIN (SIMPLE TERMS) HOW TO WORK OUT HRR.MANY THANKS.

I was just about to post you that do 12.5 laps for a 5k (3.1 Miles) then i found out it's apparently shorter than a standard track at 387metres! See: http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/regents_park/sport.cfm

Very unusual

Andy

Philip, I don't know that particular track, but they;re normally a standard 400 metres

Hi Marge,  thanks for the advice, I will certainly follow it, as I'm new to all this I'm not really sure what is the best way to train, distance,pace, speed, sounds like a good plan to me.  I've been out again tonight, that's two 5k this week, now resting till Sat morn and going to just do a 4 miler, had some knee pain tonight so will slow it down and work on distance again instead, which was going well until the snow and Christmas, and wasn't causing any pain....think I just need slow down and take my time...

HI GUYS, ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH REGENTS PARK RUNNING TRACK NORTH SIDE OF PARK ? WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT LENGTH OF 1 LAP/ TOTAL LAPS TO ACHIEVE 3 MILES.MANY THANKS

just looked and the nearest one to me is 40mins drive.....can't believe that there isn't one in Southsea or Portsmouth.....will still go to one though,,,,thanks

parkrun! Brilliant!