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That is about my pace recently Pancho. I've always wanted to try barefoot, but only done so on the treadmill (which DESTROYS your feet by the way). Are you wearing Vibrams or anything?
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I had a pair of vibrams, but they weren't hard enough for me; I accidentally tore them up once tripping on some uneven concrete. Now I just go straight up barefoot.Originally Posted by Irving
Used to get tons of nagging injuries, hip/knee soreness etc after a 4-6 mile run. After moving to minimalist shoes and then barefoot it has all gone away. Now my running muscles get sore, but no aches and pains.
Supposedly it's a more natural gait and your body adjusts to it much easier. I have no idea about the science behind it; I just know it works for me.
Barefoot is ballsy. I wear a $50 pair of Fila shoes that are a combination of the Vibrams and Nike Frees. I like them a lot. I used to run as much as 60 miles a week, but now I usually do between 10 and 20... Lifting has been more of a priority for me in the past year. Since Christmas I've gained 35 lbs of muscle.
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3.5 miles at about 30-32 mins. i run that M-Thur. Friday rest then long run Saturday anywhere from 5-8 miles. Rest Sunday repeat.
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That's a pretty good schedule. It's good that you have a longer day and some rest days built in. You should do some speed work on one of your days in the middle of the week: either run your 3.5 miles as fast as you can, or bring the mileage down and run it as fast as you can. This will really help your overall times and will help your running all around. It also helps to keep things from getting boring and it gives you some goals if you don't already have some in mind. Keep it up though, it sounds like you're doing better than about 90% of society!
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
Hmmm. I used to run a lot (it was kind of "encouraged" in the Corps), but after two knee surgeries, back surgery, and ruptured Achilles tendon repair, I get way too gimped-up if I run. I really liked trail-running though. I'm not tough enough to run barefoot, but you've got me thinking about those queer-looking toe-shoes. Thanks for the thread, good idea!
If you're interested in the science behind it, and also a really neat story, pick up "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen" by Christopher McDougall. He was a runner who kept injuring himself in running shoes and also a journalist. His doc one day told him that humans just weren't designed to run; being stubborn and getting paid to find interesting stories anyway, he went in search to see if this was true.
One of the more interesting things to come from this is the earliest form of hunting, called endurance hunting. Our ancestors would literally just chase a deer or elk or whatever until the animal collapsed from exhaustion, and then just brain it with a stick or rock or whatever.
Check it out. These guys have shoes but ancient man did not, and our old hunting technique was apparently to run our prey to death:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o
Cool story. Kinda makes sense. Some other scientist made shoes based on how africans' feet ran through the sand (MBT, or "Masai Barefoot Technology"), but they were big clunky boat shoes, not minimalist at all. I think I'll try it (the minimal toe shoes, not chasing elk). Just for grins, check out the big ass running shoes that guy is wearing at 3:09 in the video! Thanks for this info!
Good for you! Unfortunately for me, it beats up my tendons too badly. I'm not flexible
EDIT: Sorry this could be read sarcastically. It's not meant to be, but rather to be positive encouragement!
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