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    • CommentAuthorpepe
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2008
     
    pepe
    Hello I am Margaret and I hope to create a group of us who are over 50 and enjoy walking.  I have found that walking every day has improved the arthritis in my knees. The theory is that wakling keeps the joints from seizing up.  I look forward to chatting and sharing info with likeminded people.  Thank you for taking the time to read this.  Mags.Smile
    • CommentAuthorEstherY
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2008
     
    EstherY

    Hi  Margaret

    I also am in my 50s and walk. I tried running a bit but its too hard on my knees and hips.I like the mapping program here because it keeps me motivated. I would rather sit!

    Esther 

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    Ozziewalker

    Hi There,

    I have been with Mapmywalk for a while now. Great site. I will be 60 at the end of the year and have decided I want to lose some weight and get fit by then. And hopefully stay that way! I walk about 3-4 times a week and do a minimum of 3-4 kms (I live in Australia by the way). I have done that "Walk a Marathon" in a month and made it each time. Going again for April. Need all the incentive I can get.

    I have been reading about walking sticks (like Nordic sticks) and wonder if you have ever used them. If so, do they really help?

    Let me know. And keep walking!

    Ozziewalker 

     

    • CommentAuthorPipsqueak2
    • CommentTimeApr 26th 2008 edited
     
    Pipsqueak2

    G'day,

    I'm another Aussie and I'm well into the over 50s age-group. 

    I've just joined MayMyWalk and have a couple of walking routes mapped, but I'm still feeling my way around this site.  I walk an average of 5 km a day (I think!) but I've found the distances estimated onthis are less than the distances I've measured with the car. 

     Late last year I had major back surgery and I discovered that walking is the best exercise for people with sore backs.  Not sure about knees.  Anyway, I go by the "Use it or Lose it" philosophy, which becomes a bit more important at our age. 

     Cheers,

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    mangotango
    I'm in my 50's and walk and would love to talk about walking with anyone one interested. So far I've gotten to 3 plus miles but am slow at it becouse of the arthritis in right knee but am working on it. Smile

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