Hi all,
Friends and family have laughed at me for most of my life for having such sensitive feet. "Just relax!" they would say, "Don't be such a p*sy", etc....you get the picture. I hardly ever walked barefoot and wore shoes most of the time - even at home.
And then I got interested in barefoot running...
I read Bob's book and he has convinced me to start barefoot running on hard surfaces rather than wearing vibrams or start with walking on soft ground/grass. It was difficult, but I did it.
I'm still in a learning process but I can now run 10km on flat hard surfaces.
On trails in the forest I use my vibrams, however. Doing that barefoot seems rather difficult/impossible.
While running yestreday I remembered having read in Bob's book that he advises to learn barefoot running on gravel.
Well, I'm inclined to say that's impossible. Not with my feet. Not within the next year or so. I think the muscles in my feet are too week, the mobility of my feet is limited and my skin is no way as tough as it would need to be.
I'm wondering if anybody (like me) has actually done that - transitioning from shod to barefoot and immediately start practicing with gravel.
I feel I need to run and maybe even live barefooted for 1 or 2 years before I would be ready to give it a try.
I'm curious to see your responses. (Yes, I deliberatedly made to topic-line of this thread a little bit provoking)
Cheers!
Jaap
Friends and family have laughed at me for most of my life for having such sensitive feet. "Just relax!" they would say, "Don't be such a p*sy", etc....you get the picture. I hardly ever walked barefoot and wore shoes most of the time - even at home.
And then I got interested in barefoot running...
I read Bob's book and he has convinced me to start barefoot running on hard surfaces rather than wearing vibrams or start with walking on soft ground/grass. It was difficult, but I did it.
I'm still in a learning process but I can now run 10km on flat hard surfaces.
On trails in the forest I use my vibrams, however. Doing that barefoot seems rather difficult/impossible.
While running yestreday I remembered having read in Bob's book that he advises to learn barefoot running on gravel.
Well, I'm inclined to say that's impossible. Not with my feet. Not within the next year or so. I think the muscles in my feet are too week, the mobility of my feet is limited and my skin is no way as tough as it would need to be.
I'm wondering if anybody (like me) has actually done that - transitioning from shod to barefoot and immediately start practicing with gravel.
I feel I need to run and maybe even live barefooted for 1 or 2 years before I would be ready to give it a try.
I'm curious to see your responses. (Yes, I deliberatedly made to topic-line of this thread a little bit provoking)
Cheers!
Jaap