I run in West (spelt WET) Cumbria. Gritstone is lovely and I can see how the Minimus would feel really secure on this, but the predominant surface round here at the moment is 'clarty' - like knee-deep clarty! I'm using the Roclites too - lovely shoe for my mixed trail/fell runs (but have you tried the F-lite 190? on fell its awesome - zero difference twixt toe and heel too - and super-sticky rubber; I save it for the really rough stuff.)Originally Posted by simgreen78
Have no intention of losing the shoes (except by accident in the clart like on Sunday when I had to fish out me Roclite from 10inches of gunk, then find stream to empty it of mud in order to get me foot back in it - oh the joys of off-road runnin!) but, like you (by the sounds of it) have really got a lot out of reducing the amount of shoe I'm wearing.
I'm doing about the same mileage as you too at the moment. Am terrified of 'overdoing it' (which seems to have really unpleasnat and longterm consequences at the moment) but am sneaking up the miles week by week.
I'd love to think you're right about the difference in minumus experience lying in the terrain rather than technique but reckon it's prob. a combination of both... Iknow I've got the technique right when I can't hear myself run on hard trail...trouble with the health issue is that not only am I off my feet for months at a time I more or less have to start learning to run again (like a stroke victim - which is currently one possiblity!!) too. The move from gallumphing elephant to lightfooted mountain goat doesn't come easy!
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