Attention all snails 🐌 and those with sore knees, probably hips too...

I’m catching up with yesterday’s papers and found this great article by Peta Bee in The Times. It’s a great read if you can enlarge the photo enough. If not, her main points are summarised below and it’s good news for slow runners everywhere 🐌 🐢😊.

🐌 🏃🏼‍♀️running slowly makes you a better runner 😀

😊 🐢shuffling prevents injury and strengthens knees 🦵🏼

😆it’s okay to have two pairs of running shoes 👟 👟 ✅ (or more perhaps 🛒🛍😉)

🧘🏼‍♀️🏋🏼‍♂️ stretching, weight-lifting and strengthening your core all helps 😊

[CBDB Graduate10]

🐢🐢🐢🐢 Yeay!! 🐌🐌🐌🐌

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[Hopetea Graduate10]

Thanks for posting these. Reassuring for a slow runner working my way to 60mins straight 😀🐢

[HeavyFoot Graduate10]

Also, apparently beetroot shots improve oxygen uptake. Has anyone ever heard this ?

[Greysixty]

Thank goodness !! Actually, I started slow running, small steps about 6 months ago. Stopped worrying about getting faster as I felt , at 65, it wasn’t going to happen. Just did 3 runs a week, between 20-35 minutes. Really enjoyed not feeling exhausted and, guess what ? Got faster. How did that happen ?

[dijep Graduate10]

Well that's a relief 😉 and good to think about as I'm being overtaken by determined faced runners who don't look like they're having any fun at all 😂

[nowster Graduate10]

If you have a Times subscription (I don't), the whole article is here:

thetimes.co.uk/article/eigh...