Im brand new to forums of any kind, and im regretting not choosing a cooler user name already, but I've never had a nickname so garrett's fine. I've been running barefoot/minimalist for 18 months now and love it. Started out in vff's but now only run in home made sandals, if anything. My running has not come without injury though in the last 6 months I have broke my heel and shattered my seismod(the little jelly bean size bone under the balls of your feet), at the same time, both are very painful especially on differt feet (i was wearing vff's). While at the end of a three months recovery, I read the great book Born to Run, and started running again (in sandals), and running alot (70 mile weeks) and was feeling great, until the TOFP. So now im at the end of a two month recovery from a stress fractured met. I would like to think a learned my lesson, but when I told my wife I was going to race the nor cal 10 mile this weekend BF, she gave me a look and it clearly was calling my a dumbass, she was right. I don't in any way blame barefooting for my injuries its just me being a dumbass. Still I would rather break some bones then deal with cronic knee and lower back pain I had during my shod running years.
I run on all surfaces. But have a real passion for rough singal track trails, the more intense the better. I do most of my miles on pavement though. The City of Redding literally has hunderds of miles of dedicated pedestrian trails and hurderds more planed. Its a great place to live if you love to run.
Anyway ive been lurking around the site for a couple of days and love it. Great info, good discussion, awsome stories, and even better people.
I have found my people.
I run on all surfaces. But have a real passion for rough singal track trails, the more intense the better. I do most of my miles on pavement though. The City of Redding literally has hunderds of miles of dedicated pedestrian trails and hurderds more planed. Its a great place to live if you love to run.
Anyway ive been lurking around the site for a couple of days and love it. Great info, good discussion, awsome stories, and even better people.
I have found my people.