Nice Post. Been trying to ge the wife to run with me for years and she is now just at the stage if rolling her eyes at me before I even finish the question.
It's not the most fun you can have, but what a great workout.
Try this fir a week. 1 min walk, 1 min grandpa jog (just faster than walk), 1min slow jog, 1min jog, 1 min almost sprint, repeat. Do 4x sets if this but on the final set the last minute is a sprint as fast as you can fir the minute.
This kills you, takes 20 minutes to do and drops the weight quickly too. Great exercise to do.
Enjoy your running.