Hello Everybody !!!!!
Just thought I would introduce myself, (my name is chris) I’ve been coming to this site for a few months now but never got round to signing up, just reading and trying to absorb all your helpful advice.
I have been trying to transition to minimalist running for nearly 2 years on and off... This is going to sound a bit wrong but I first heard of minimalist running when I had a knock at my front door and it was one of my neighbours asking if I wanted to buy a pair of weird looking shoes that he had acquired as he had seen me out running in the past, they were Vibram five finger KSO’s.
Amazingly they fitted like a glove and although they looked really weird and my wife and kids mocked me I loved them and started wearing them round the house, on my daily dog walks and to the gym, at that point I was suffering from a Achilles’ tendon strain so no running just cross trainer and weights.
To this day I’m still suffering with my Achilles, I think its just because I won’t give them enough time to heal properly, as soon as they start feeling a little better I go out for a 5k run in my Vibrams and do them in again, I run at about a 180 cadence with bent knee and mid foot strike, I do foot and calf exercise every day. I don’t really no what else to do but I’m not giving up, one day I will get there but it does really get me down....
It would be really nice if there was somewhere you could go to get help and have experienced barefoot runners look at your form and get some hands on advice but I cant find anywhere.
Anyway I’ve rambled on enough, thanks for letting me join and I will keep reading all your sound advice.
Take care
Chris
Just thought I would introduce myself, (my name is chris) I’ve been coming to this site for a few months now but never got round to signing up, just reading and trying to absorb all your helpful advice.
I have been trying to transition to minimalist running for nearly 2 years on and off... This is going to sound a bit wrong but I first heard of minimalist running when I had a knock at my front door and it was one of my neighbours asking if I wanted to buy a pair of weird looking shoes that he had acquired as he had seen me out running in the past, they were Vibram five finger KSO’s.
Amazingly they fitted like a glove and although they looked really weird and my wife and kids mocked me I loved them and started wearing them round the house, on my daily dog walks and to the gym, at that point I was suffering from a Achilles’ tendon strain so no running just cross trainer and weights.
To this day I’m still suffering with my Achilles, I think its just because I won’t give them enough time to heal properly, as soon as they start feeling a little better I go out for a 5k run in my Vibrams and do them in again, I run at about a 180 cadence with bent knee and mid foot strike, I do foot and calf exercise every day. I don’t really no what else to do but I’m not giving up, one day I will get there but it does really get me down....
It would be really nice if there was somewhere you could go to get help and have experienced barefoot runners look at your form and get some hands on advice but I cant find anywhere.
Anyway I’ve rambled on enough, thanks for letting me join and I will keep reading all your sound advice.
Take care
Chris