Zippo, Zilch miles, running or walking. It seems that I have caught that flu bug that is starting to hang around this forum.
That's the way to do it. Unfortunately, my rational capacity is often overridden by exuberance and rash foolishness. Story of my life.Just want to be smart about it like I think I've managed to with the barefoot running so far.
But these feet are still a lot like a newborn's. I just want to build them into awesomeness with careful and rational steps forward and avoid things that could throw me violently backward.
Great to see you back Skedaddle! Sorry to hear of your happenstantial mishap/mishappening/mishappiness. Hope the haplessness snaps back to hap fast.Back from a saw paw, managed to mash it up pretty bad when it tried to follow the white rabbit down its hole, unfortunately the rest of me didn't fit and I tore stuff pretty bad. So I thought I'd just stay away until I healed up and do something else awesome instead.
Managed to put on a stone in weight (I tend to turn to chocolate in times of crisis) But I'm back now, unfit and starting over again, managed five miles today, hard work but I feel better for it.
I got a bit of that too. Damn internet viruses.Zippo, Zilch miles, running or walking. It seems that I have caught that flu bug that is starting to hang around this forum.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the left foot should be more like the right. Then again, if it ain't broke why fix it, right? We'll see how it goes. Funny thing is I feel less smooth when I'm trying to make the left foot land more on the forefoot. Maybe it will just take time for everything to adjust. The left foot also makes a little more sound when landing, so that's another sign indicating that I might profit from a touchdown touch-up.Interesting.
I learning of the differences in my gait only when I began running barefoot. As a teen, I broke all the mets on my left foot, rather badly, and limped for over a year after than, but as an adult I had forgotten all about it.
After first beginning barefoot walking and running, the landing was distinctly different, and I could even feel a lack of sensation in certain areas that I could easily feel on my right side.
Now, though it has gotten much much better over the last couple of years, I know I still have the imbalance, and it must lead to issues, but like you, I worry over forcing an issue and giving myself more grief in other areas. I try to think about it without thinking too much, you know? Like I focus more on my posture up top and hope the legs follow, or go for an overall "feel" of smoothness without specifically thinking about how my feet are landing.
In any case, I too wonder whether to be more aggressive in trying to be more symmetric about the form.
I screwed up one of my ankles in a motorcycle accident right before college, which mercifully kept me from playing college football and potentially screwing up my knees for life. I can't remember which ankle it was though. . . . OK, I just looked; the scar's on the right ankle. It's probably just the usual dominant/submissive lateral imbalances most of us have. The only other time I notice the imbalance is when doing dumbbells. The right side can always do more and with better form. Oh also kicks. My left kick is higher, but my right kick has more power. Oh also punches too. My right hook is a monster. My left jab weak. Maybe later I'll eat a carrot and see which side chews better.
This sounds horrible, even if I have no idea what you are talking about! Glad you are doing better now.Back from a saw paw, managed to mash it up pretty bad when it tried to follow the white rabbit down its hole, unfortunately the rest of me didn't fit and I tore stuff pretty bad. So I thought I'd just stay away until I healed up and do something else awesome instead.
Managed to put on a stone in weight (I tend to turn to chocolate in times of crisis) But I'm back now, unfit and starting over again, managed five miles today, hard work but I feel better for it.
Haha, you're in trouble now. You're like me, once something pops into your head, you have to do it.Did I mention you all have managed to get me interested in working toward a marathon? That's just crazy.
I didn't mess with the insoles because they were a half or full size too small. So you've confirmed that they run small. I would exchange them, but it seemed like there was a lot of rubber around the sides of the toe box.Did you try the Adams without either of their insoles? I love them as my winter shoes in that form - I did have to step up a half size from my usual though.
Thank you for your support...Haha, you're in trouble now. You're like me, once something pops into your head, you have to do it.
Yup, give her a little bit longer to grab that bait, then WHAMOO, we set the hook, and another is hooked on trying on a marathon. Once the curiosity sets in you will never rest until you try one.Thank you for your support...
I feel like I have been adopted by bunch of big brothers...Yup, give her a little bit longer to grab that bait, then WHAMOO, we set the hook, and another is hooked on trying on a marathon. Once the curiosity sets in you will never rest until you try one.
My foot went down a rabbit hole as I was running down an embankment, my foot stayed in the hole but I carried on and felt this horrible ripping sensation as sinew parted from bone. Sorry for the confusion, just my lame attempt to embellish my predicament with the classics, just call me Alice.This sounds horrible, even if I have no idea what you are talking about! Glad you are doing better now.
Sorry to read about your problem Skedaddle, and the extra 14 lbs, but glad you are on the mend.
Switching to fresh fruit from chocolate helped me drop 30 lbs a few years ago.
I didn't mess with the insoles because they were a half or full size too small. So you've confirmed that they run small. I would exchange them, but it seemed like there was a lot of rubber around the sides of the toe box.
That's what i meant by "too much shoe." Does that bother you at all? I became interested in them when someone on another thread said they have decent traction in icy conditions. My Moc3s and Vapor Gloves aren't very good for that, and the lugs on my Neo Trails don't seem to help much either. I wonder how much better the Adams could be. What's been your experience? I think I could be talked into trying the next size up and dealing with the rubber sidewalls if the traction was significantly better, especially over hard-to-see black ice. But perhaps that's expecting too much from any minimalist shoe? I dunno. Seems like a good shoe otherwise, and I like the fact that the velcro straps would make them easy to slip on if I needed back-up all of a sudden.
So the punchline: somewhere near km marker 5, I'm smiling and really enjoying myself... lost concentration.... jumped off a curb and smashed my big toe into the pavement.....
So I have a buggered up to on one foot that makes barefoot pretty difficult, and freezer-burn frostnip from an icepack on the other foot that makes shod running pretty difficult..... what to do tomorrow?
Oh yeah... so I feel like Ralphie because after everyone told me I'd shoot my eye out, I finally stubbed a toe.....