Hi Group,
Swire from Los Angeles here. I have been running barefoot since the start of 2014. The experience has been great and I'm here to stay. At the moment I'm averaging 20-25 miles a week. I usually run in the morning barefoot for 3 miles to take my son to school (my son run also in shoe and I drop him off at school at around a mile mark). At night I have been running 6 miles with my Vibram 5 fingers for a little more protection.
I'm trying to train for a local marathon in Nov 2014 and need to put on more miles with the training. During the 6 miles run my feet will be fatigue (not hurt) around the forefoot area, and I'm wondering if this is my feet that need more training to be stronger, or i should consider to put on some shoes for the "longer" run.
Please let me know if you have similar experience and how you dealt with them.
I was at the 15 miles mark at the LA Marathon in March as a spectator and saw a guy running the marathon barefoot, he is strong, has good form....everything. So I know this is possible but don't want to over do myself here.
Thanks All and keep running!
Swire from Los Angeles here. I have been running barefoot since the start of 2014. The experience has been great and I'm here to stay. At the moment I'm averaging 20-25 miles a week. I usually run in the morning barefoot for 3 miles to take my son to school (my son run also in shoe and I drop him off at school at around a mile mark). At night I have been running 6 miles with my Vibram 5 fingers for a little more protection.
I'm trying to train for a local marathon in Nov 2014 and need to put on more miles with the training. During the 6 miles run my feet will be fatigue (not hurt) around the forefoot area, and I'm wondering if this is my feet that need more training to be stronger, or i should consider to put on some shoes for the "longer" run.
Please let me know if you have similar experience and how you dealt with them.
I was at the 15 miles mark at the LA Marathon in March as a spectator and saw a guy running the marathon barefoot, he is strong, has good form....everything. So I know this is possible but don't want to over do myself here.
Thanks All and keep running!