Hi all,
I'm not really a runner and have very little interest running on tarmac, I do however enjoy the hills and take great pleasure from running down steep, rugged, boggy or stony ground as quickly as I can. I've no problem hiking up hills unshod but i can't imagine charging down mountains with the same carefree abandon as I currently enjoy in boots or shoes.
I can find plenty of info on people who run and people who hike sans shoes but very little about people who actually go mountain running. Anybody get there feet conditioned to this? I'm talking about fully barefoot here, no footwear at all.
And as a side note how do people deal with steep, wet grass; it's very slippery.
Cheers.
C
I'm not really a runner and have very little interest running on tarmac, I do however enjoy the hills and take great pleasure from running down steep, rugged, boggy or stony ground as quickly as I can. I've no problem hiking up hills unshod but i can't imagine charging down mountains with the same carefree abandon as I currently enjoy in boots or shoes.
I can find plenty of info on people who run and people who hike sans shoes but very little about people who actually go mountain running. Anybody get there feet conditioned to this? I'm talking about fully barefoot here, no footwear at all.
And as a side note how do people deal with steep, wet grass; it's very slippery.
Cheers.
C