Check out this you tube video on barefoot running; I don't think I could run totally barefoot on the streets like he does, I like to have my vibram five fingers on my feet! But barefoot is good and I'm so thankful for the feldenkrais method; it has helped me organize myself so going to barefoot is so natural and easy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jrnj-7YKZE&feature=player_embedded
Sunday, April 4, 2010
hill running barefoot
Nice long barefoot run this morning in the hills and they are hills here in Kamloops; lots of up and down. After last weeks long run my right heel and ankle were sore. I attribute it to poor foot strike on the uphill and today focused on getting on my forefoot as I climbed hills. I also focused on my downhill running and kept Sandra Bradshaw's atm in mind as I went down (see www.sandrabradshaw.com and check out her blog). I kept my butt wiggling right/left and my knees bent as I went downhill! That really helped me run downhill without any discomfort! And after today's run I did hydro therapy; soaked my feet in cold water, as cold and as long as I could tolerate. My feet feel good and stiffness in my ankle is gone!
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