I'm ruined for shoes, can't run in them at all anymore. Not in my water shoes, not in my huaraches and not in my "Nimble Toes" (brand-name, somewhat beefy, minimal shoes). No matter what I have on my feet now, I get knee pain on the right side, probably what the ITB sufferers are feeling. It kicks in pretty quickly, and is just a rotten feeling.
But barefoot, it seems, I can truly go all day, feeling good, no pain anywhere.
I know, this sounds almost like a positive statement to some of you - but, I don't want to run only on terrain that I can do barefoot. Not being able to wear shoes means that a LOT of forest tracks here are o-w-t, out, because they're strewn with gravel and larger stones (for the vehicles that drive in the woods) and really impossible to do barefoot. I truly doubt even KenBob would want run BF on these tracks for very long.
And, some of the coolest races in the area are on precisely that kind of terrain .... and running groups that I used to run with go off on all kinds of terrain.
So ... what do I do now? I really do not feel enthusiastic about trying a bazillion various "barefoot" shoes ...
edit: should mention that I am working on leg-strength, calf/ITB rolling, etc ... but I always have done a lot of that stuff.
PS - I'll be online more often again - school vacation is over
But barefoot, it seems, I can truly go all day, feeling good, no pain anywhere.
I know, this sounds almost like a positive statement to some of you - but, I don't want to run only on terrain that I can do barefoot. Not being able to wear shoes means that a LOT of forest tracks here are o-w-t, out, because they're strewn with gravel and larger stones (for the vehicles that drive in the woods) and really impossible to do barefoot. I truly doubt even KenBob would want run BF on these tracks for very long.
And, some of the coolest races in the area are on precisely that kind of terrain .... and running groups that I used to run with go off on all kinds of terrain.
So ... what do I do now? I really do not feel enthusiastic about trying a bazillion various "barefoot" shoes ...
edit: should mention that I am working on leg-strength, calf/ITB rolling, etc ... but I always have done a lot of that stuff.
PS - I'll be online more often again - school vacation is over