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Originally Posted by FL Pkrdlr
I'm currently running 40+ miles/week training for my second marathon and I'm 5'11 235ish. Never had a single joint or muscle injury from running. I'm pretty fast for my size too, just did a 55:17 10K Saturday.
Not saying she won't have any issues running but it's possible for overweight people to run successfully. Just gotta be smart and start slow. Couch to 5K sounds like a good way to start.
She's like 5'6" 220, so that's you at like 295. You are correct, though, nonetheless. Loco probably strapped on his Chucks, ran 3-5 miles a day, didn't strike under his center of mass and wonders why he got shin splits, plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendon and an IT injury within a month of beginning and blames running instead. Why doesn't he unrack 675 lbs and tell us how bad squatting is for the joints after he gets rekked on the first rep?
She's running at an incline on a treadmill. That's about as kind of a terrain as you can get with running with regard to impact - easily doable if you program wisely, as you say. That said, in terms of weight loss at her current fitness level, she's pretty much only saving time by running over walking.