I'll stick to shoes thanks
Yep Paulo, same for me. Slight pain on medial ankle but I suspect it's the insertion of the post tibial tendon for me. I'm currently in trail/fell shoes to rest it a while and see if it goes away. Physio also said medial ankle ligaments but I don't believe him tbh
Hi Glenners
I don't think size should be an issue, I am 6'4 and was 16 stone, now 13 1/2!. I think the main issue is taking it easy. I am probably in an easier place than most of you guys on that front as I have been unable to run for 20 years, which makes not overdoing it much easier! Also having not been able to run for so long I really don't want to ruin what I now have. I have now been running since Feb and am running 3k 3 times a week on tarmac and 6 k twicw a week on trails in a peir of flite 195s. I have done a couple of longer runs, but always end up hobbling around for a few days with stuipidly tight calves! Next week I am going to up the mileage to 4k road and 10k trail.
This site: http://therunningbarefoot.com/ has some good advice on starting off. They suggest starting out on rough nasty surfaces as it is harder to overdo it when your feet hurt!
Stick with it, I think it is ace!
James
an under 9 ran the Hebden race yesterday barefoot.
There is a guy over here in the Pyrenees that does all the mountain races barefoot, he looks about 6 foot and 11 stone. He also wears a headband so I think he is some kind of kung fu master. The races over here are certainly as rough if not rougher than British races.
Debbie
www.pyrenees-haven.com
GrasshopperOriginally Posted by Pyrenees Haven
How many barefoot runners does it take to change a lightbulb?
Three.
One to change the lightbulb, another to call the ambulance when his mate falls off the chair, and another to tell the ambulance driver his shoes are no good.
Am I missing something here?
Are people actually running and racing barefoot like Zola, or like I do on the beach (no shoes or socks or any kind of footwear)whenever I get the chance?
Or are they just pretending to run barefoot but wearing shoes claiming to be the same as skin?
Bit of both, Stef, although I restrict my 'bare' barefoot to roads and trails and haven't had the guts to do it on fell. I haven't even worn my vibrams on fell but I have met a few who have in races and they say the grip downhill is as good as studs because the foot is able to react naturally. I've always thought though that the transition was from shoes to minimalist to vibrams to barefoot but have just bought Ken Bob Saxtons book and he says go barefoot straight away to get the feet acclimatised and then later progress to wearing something like a vibram. Mind you, I may have to go barefoot on the fells soon, anyway, as one of my Inov8s is still lying in that beck on the parachute descent!
Emile Zola? The celebrated literary champion of Captain Dreyfus? Was he a runner then?
Émile François Zola (French pronunciation: [e.mil zɔ.la]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of bare foot running.
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