Hey all I wanted to introduce myself and say thanks for the inspiration of the BRS.
I'm pretty new to running in general (been at it since June) but I'm making good progress. Mainly I'd say that is do to the minimal/barefoot running. Previous to this year running had always been punishment in football practice or track since I was a fat shot/discus guy in High School. And since then every time I'd run anything over a mile I'd spend the next day wanting to bathe in icy-hot.
A friend loaned me a copy of Born To Run and after reading it everything kind of clicked. I adjusted my running from "heel striking pound the pavement into submission at a sprinting pace" to "run natural and let your body work" style. I'd since lost the weight in college and been playing basketball etc so my cardio was decent already. That combined with running the way my feet and body were designed to run was a miracle. I quickly got to being able to log 10+ miles a run. Currently the longest is 16 miles in a day and 12 miles at once. I'm running in a kind of minimal shoe for most runs over 5 miles (brooks pure flow) and vibram/fila toe shoes for shorter runs.
I started walking with my wife and son barefoot to build up some foot toughness and today was my first barefoot "run". I ran 3.5 mi in my bikilas then yanked them off for the last .75 miles. I LOVED it. I can definitely tell I'll enjoy the barefoot runs more and more. Right now Arkansas heat made the roads unpleasantly hot to pad around on. Thankfully there were white stripes and light colored concrete to enjoy occasionally. Then when I hit grass it was like heaven to finish the run!
So there you go.. that is grizzly in a nutshell
I'm pretty new to running in general (been at it since June) but I'm making good progress. Mainly I'd say that is do to the minimal/barefoot running. Previous to this year running had always been punishment in football practice or track since I was a fat shot/discus guy in High School. And since then every time I'd run anything over a mile I'd spend the next day wanting to bathe in icy-hot.
A friend loaned me a copy of Born To Run and after reading it everything kind of clicked. I adjusted my running from "heel striking pound the pavement into submission at a sprinting pace" to "run natural and let your body work" style. I'd since lost the weight in college and been playing basketball etc so my cardio was decent already. That combined with running the way my feet and body were designed to run was a miracle. I quickly got to being able to log 10+ miles a run. Currently the longest is 16 miles in a day and 12 miles at once. I'm running in a kind of minimal shoe for most runs over 5 miles (brooks pure flow) and vibram/fila toe shoes for shorter runs.
I started walking with my wife and son barefoot to build up some foot toughness and today was my first barefoot "run". I ran 3.5 mi in my bikilas then yanked them off for the last .75 miles. I LOVED it. I can definitely tell I'll enjoy the barefoot runs more and more. Right now Arkansas heat made the roads unpleasantly hot to pad around on. Thankfully there were white stripes and light colored concrete to enjoy occasionally. Then when I hit grass it was like heaven to finish the run!
So there you go.. that is grizzly in a nutshell
