In January I have walked less than December. I walked only 14 mornings of total distance of 48.5km and one mid morning of 4k at Bowen Road. I have tried new and longer routes and have walked as much as 4.4km in one morning.
Now in February I’ll be jogging less but would try to walk faster with correct posture. I also need more time for proper warming up or even some stretching before sleep.
February is short and I will only resume next week so I’ll be hitting record low on distance.
Just bought this book
You know how to walk don’t you? Most people thought they know since (N – 1) years ago where N equals to their age. Now I start to learn for the first time.
I think at the end I’ll be doing power walking instead of jogging or running so learning to walk is first step. Power walking can propel you to 8km/hr or at even higher speed (how about 14.5km/hr like Olympic racewalkers?) so if I could do that then it’s better than jogging, right? My target is to do 10k in around an hour so it’s all that possible. With my BMI slightly on the high side perhaps this plan is best for me.
Leonardo da Vinci said
The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art
I didn’t quite understand the mechanism of walking, e.g. our leg muscles, our foot which is quite a piece of engineering consisting of 26 bones, 32 joints, hundreds of nerve endings and 4 layers of muscle …etc. So this book tells you
I don’t know yet but at the end I may get a Nike+ kit for my walking.
I have been too aggressive may be. Since Monday I felt a bit of complaint from my hips then my back muscles. I ran Monday then on Tuesday I ran even slightly longer distance, bad move!
Now I’m learning. Again researched about this and found that this is indeed very common from here. I should also be doing some proper stretching to prepare my body for higher intensity jogging.
At this age I haven’t experienced any back problem earlier in my sports activities I guess I don’t need advice from doctors yet perhaps I need to follow this to correct my body curve and stay in shape while sitting, walking and jogging. I know of course a flabby stomach stops me from keeping a good curve or posture. Thinking in opposite direction problem with back must be due to something at the front.
Reading from here I thinking I’m just getting minor muscular pain so my plan for now would be
It’s time to look back what I have done this month. I walked/jogged 20 mornings in total that was 51km. In November I walked/jogged for only 13 mornings of total 30km.
I have tried new route this month, back and forth from my place to a nearby school, with a distance of 3.6km.
I don’t have a coach from what I have read the FAQ is always about what is better for you between jogging and brisk walking. From my own experience I agree with this article that walking fast is a lot stressful for the muscles due to the efficiency of your body for the same speed as jogging. Some said running/jogging, which is a high intensity workout, will burn mostly stored carbohydrates for fuel. Walking as low-intensity workout will burn fat. I really don’t know what is correct as I don’t see any change when standing on a bath room scale after 2 months.
If you like punching your calculator to reassure yourself that you are doing the right thing perhaps this reference could help. If you like to hear from the pros and researchers you could also read this.
I still don’t have a clue as to what is best for me perhaps there isn’t an absolute good-for-all solution. A more academic argument such as this suggests that if you are overweight or have a cardiovascular condition walking is better especially for those who aren’t used to high intensity exercise because your body has to take few times more stress when running.
My conclusion from reading all these is that
My plan for January will therefore be alternating between jogging and walking.
