Just getting started here. Torn meniscus, sore knees, and my wife reminding me that I need knees to work left me staring forlorn at the new bike path skirting my back yard. Yes, I have a bike, but it ain't running.
Then I hear an NPR story about running and the book 'Born to Run'. Read the book, started reading Internet stuff, and went for a run. Everything said start out slow, so I only went two miles ( :* ). I did it right, cause I could tell when I heel struck, had a small blister on a smaller toe, and felt like someone had pounded my calves with a hammer! I didnt know that "a few hundred yards" is a short distance. Anyway, best of all, NO KNEE PAIN!
I've read some more and am doing a lot of walking around barefoot an vary little running until I build my feet and calves up. I walked a mile to work today, down the bike path and through the woods barefoot. I love it BUT my feet are extremely sensitive. The limestone gravel and pea gravel can bring me to my knees! Will this get better? Will I get use to it? I'm not against minimalist footware but I don't want to use it as a crutch. If my feet will adapt eventually, I'll stick it out.
Thanks for all the info.
Anyone else in central OH?
Then I hear an NPR story about running and the book 'Born to Run'. Read the book, started reading Internet stuff, and went for a run. Everything said start out slow, so I only went two miles ( :* ). I did it right, cause I could tell when I heel struck, had a small blister on a smaller toe, and felt like someone had pounded my calves with a hammer! I didnt know that "a few hundred yards" is a short distance. Anyway, best of all, NO KNEE PAIN!
I've read some more and am doing a lot of walking around barefoot an vary little running until I build my feet and calves up. I walked a mile to work today, down the bike path and through the woods barefoot. I love it BUT my feet are extremely sensitive. The limestone gravel and pea gravel can bring me to my knees! Will this get better? Will I get use to it? I'm not against minimalist footware but I don't want to use it as a crutch. If my feet will adapt eventually, I'll stick it out.
Thanks for all the info.
Anyone else in central OH?