Hello everybody,
I suppose every barefoot runner stubs his or her toe(s) from time to time on something hard, rocks or twigs or whatever. I wouldn't consider this as unusual, just a kinda painful reminder to pay more attention.
But lately I stub the front of my right big toe quite regularly not on stones, not on twigs, but on clean asphalt
It hurts and sometimes it's bleeding like hell- which probably is a blessing for it prevents stuff getting stuck in the wound.
If this happens after say 10 kilometers or so, my foot muscles start tiring and little form problems and accidents like that are probably normal. But today was my first "run" after two weeks of flu: It happened after only 1 kilometer of a very slow (more walking than running) warm up: some skin got scraped off, lots of blood, followed by a nearly sprained ankle when I limped to the side of the road. I took this as a sign to stop my "run" and limped home instead. Put my huaraches on to avoid dirt in the wound.
But I would like to know what I could do to improve my form: apparently the tips of my toes are pointing to the ground when I lift the foot and sometimes they don't turn upwards in time when my next step is about to happen.
Any ideas for exercises?
I suppose every barefoot runner stubs his or her toe(s) from time to time on something hard, rocks or twigs or whatever. I wouldn't consider this as unusual, just a kinda painful reminder to pay more attention.
But lately I stub the front of my right big toe quite regularly not on stones, not on twigs, but on clean asphalt
It hurts and sometimes it's bleeding like hell- which probably is a blessing for it prevents stuff getting stuck in the wound.
If this happens after say 10 kilometers or so, my foot muscles start tiring and little form problems and accidents like that are probably normal. But today was my first "run" after two weeks of flu: It happened after only 1 kilometer of a very slow (more walking than running) warm up: some skin got scraped off, lots of blood, followed by a nearly sprained ankle when I limped to the side of the road. I took this as a sign to stop my "run" and limped home instead. Put my huaraches on to avoid dirt in the wound.
But I would like to know what I could do to improve my form: apparently the tips of my toes are pointing to the ground when I lift the foot and sometimes they don't turn upwards in time when my next step is about to happen.
Any ideas for exercises?