Greetings BRSers,
I am a chiropractor by profession. I have loved running my whole life but have had knee problems since college. I have never been able to run 30+ miles in a week without knee pain. I had to settle for 5k and 10k as my only race distances. I tried and failed on my first attempt at a marathon due to knee pain and had to back out of the race 2 weeks before. I was able to complete one marathon but had to replace most of my midweek runs with cycling once the weekly millage was over 30 per week.
I started doing my own research on running form to see if there was something I could do different a couple years ago. I came across the midfoot running style first and then the barefoot movement. I read several books before starting the transition. Last year was my first year of a total commitment to barefoot running. I completed a 10k in July, a half in Oct. and just did my first barefoot full on May 19th.
I got lots of press from the race director of the Fargo Marathon since I was the first to attempt the full barefoot. I got radio, newspaper, and TV reporters interviewing me the week before the race to help promote it.
I am a chiropractor by profession. I have loved running my whole life but have had knee problems since college. I have never been able to run 30+ miles in a week without knee pain. I had to settle for 5k and 10k as my only race distances. I tried and failed on my first attempt at a marathon due to knee pain and had to back out of the race 2 weeks before. I was able to complete one marathon but had to replace most of my midweek runs with cycling once the weekly millage was over 30 per week.
I started doing my own research on running form to see if there was something I could do different a couple years ago. I came across the midfoot running style first and then the barefoot movement. I read several books before starting the transition. Last year was my first year of a total commitment to barefoot running. I completed a 10k in July, a half in Oct. and just did my first barefoot full on May 19th.
I got lots of press from the race director of the Fargo Marathon since I was the first to attempt the full barefoot. I got radio, newspaper, and TV reporters interviewing me the week before the race to help promote it.
