hello,
I am based in Surrey in the U.K. I have been running for years, including a few marathons but after reading born to run I thought I would give this a go. I also have two metal screws in my heel from a skiing accident so not landing on my heel seemed to make sense. So in Oct I started my barefoot journey. Where I live there aren't that many good areas for running BF so I was using minimal shoes and some others but all zero drop. It was going pretty well, I got to distances around 8 miles and then my calf when ping.
In hindsight I think my form was bad so I have gone back to basics and started trying to do more BF. I took off my shoes halfway round a run and went BF for about 2km earlier this week.
However I am struggling a bit mentally as I am finding the pace I have to go at really slow and the distances much lower than I would like as I tend to run for exercise as well as enjoyment. I also seem to have a sore right knee and I never had any injuries before switching style. I am now focused on increasing the BF element to get my form right and try to get the muscle memory but I don't think I will ever be full BF but will probably run in minimal shoes. I have considered going back to my old style due to frustration but I tell myself that would now be equally difficult after 9 months.
Any tips or advise greatly received.
Elliot
I am based in Surrey in the U.K. I have been running for years, including a few marathons but after reading born to run I thought I would give this a go. I also have two metal screws in my heel from a skiing accident so not landing on my heel seemed to make sense. So in Oct I started my barefoot journey. Where I live there aren't that many good areas for running BF so I was using minimal shoes and some others but all zero drop. It was going pretty well, I got to distances around 8 miles and then my calf when ping.
In hindsight I think my form was bad so I have gone back to basics and started trying to do more BF. I took off my shoes halfway round a run and went BF for about 2km earlier this week.
However I am struggling a bit mentally as I am finding the pace I have to go at really slow and the distances much lower than I would like as I tend to run for exercise as well as enjoyment. I also seem to have a sore right knee and I never had any injuries before switching style. I am now focused on increasing the BF element to get my form right and try to get the muscle memory but I don't think I will ever be full BF but will probably run in minimal shoes. I have considered going back to my old style due to frustration but I tell myself that would now be equally difficult after 9 months.
Any tips or advise greatly received.
Elliot
