I just started running a few months ago. I've been trying to increase my distance at an aerobic pace, but my knees seem to be feeling the strain. I'm about 10-12kg overweight, with *zero* running experience (even as a kid).
I'm aiming to do my first tri (300/8/3) in March, and plan on doing an ocean swim in late-Jan, so I figured I could concentrate on swimming untli Feb. and hopefully lose some weight, then get back into running in Feb in order to do the tri in March. Cycling wIll be commuting to work (~14km/day) by bike.
So, what do you guys think? Would I be better off doing at least some running between now and then, or is waiting until I lose a couple of kgs the more sensible option?
Oh yeah, I've got proper shoes, with advice from a real running shop.
I'm aiming to do my first tri (300/8/3) in March, and plan on doing an ocean swim in late-Jan, so I figured I could concentrate on swimming untli Feb. and hopefully lose some weight, then get back into running in Feb in order to do the tri in March. Cycling wIll be commuting to work (~14km/day) by bike.
So, what do you guys think? Would I be better off doing at least some running between now and then, or is waiting until I lose a couple of kgs the more sensible option?
Oh yeah, I've got proper shoes, with advice from a real running shop.