Bless it, today was my first truly barefoot run (a little over a mile on pavement plus about 5 more in VFF Bikilas) of the year, as the temps popped up to the high 60's (F) this afternoon. It was also my first shirtless run.
An interesting part of the run was when a well lycra-ed and conventionally shod young woman passed me and I could see so clearly the shock of each step as it reverberated across her posterior. I was lucky to be close enough to watch this phenomenon for about a mile until I passed her. Fascinating!
She asked me about my Vibrams and I mentioned how running in them, and even moreso barefoot, encourages a smooth gait, but I said nothing about how I could tell that her gait was a bit bouncy.
An interesting part of the run was when a well lycra-ed and conventionally shod young woman passed me and I could see so clearly the shock of each step as it reverberated across her posterior. I was lucky to be close enough to watch this phenomenon for about a mile until I passed her. Fascinating!
She asked me about my Vibrams and I mentioned how running in them, and even moreso barefoot, encourages a smooth gait, but I said nothing about how I could tell that her gait was a bit bouncy.