I am recovering from mono and my energy has significantly increased in the last two days. I was actually able to be up and about for 8 hours straight the last two days, and only slept about 10 hours both nights. With what energy I've had, I've been mainly engaging in meticulously slow swimming for exercise over the last week and a half.
The pool I go to has a gym too, so, yesterday I decided to try out the treadmill in my Runamoc Moc3s. I have never ran "barefoot/minimalist" on a treadmill before, so I was a bit leary. I'm totally weak, so I only did 10 minutes with a couple of 30 second breaks along the way. I discovered that a speed of 2.7 allowed me to actively run, rather than the treadmill dragging me along. I was surprised that was able to do that. I was actually better able to keep my form correctly, since I was able to concentrate only on that as opposed to looking out for roots, rocks and slugs, like when I am on the trails.
Boring as hell though. Not sure how anyone could run on one of those regularly. Given my weak state, the gym is going to be my home for awhile in order to prepare me to get back to running trails. I might actually have to listen to music. If it were summer, I would go back to the trails now! But, I cannot transistion to muddy, slick, slippery, when I am basically starting completely over, with running - especially since running in those conditions is a completely different animal.
I was pleasantly surprised, and relieved, that I was able to achieve a normal running "feel" on the treadmill!
The pool I go to has a gym too, so, yesterday I decided to try out the treadmill in my Runamoc Moc3s. I have never ran "barefoot/minimalist" on a treadmill before, so I was a bit leary. I'm totally weak, so I only did 10 minutes with a couple of 30 second breaks along the way. I discovered that a speed of 2.7 allowed me to actively run, rather than the treadmill dragging me along. I was surprised that was able to do that. I was actually better able to keep my form correctly, since I was able to concentrate only on that as opposed to looking out for roots, rocks and slugs, like when I am on the trails.
Boring as hell though. Not sure how anyone could run on one of those regularly. Given my weak state, the gym is going to be my home for awhile in order to prepare me to get back to running trails. I might actually have to listen to music. If it were summer, I would go back to the trails now! But, I cannot transistion to muddy, slick, slippery, when I am basically starting completely over, with running - especially since running in those conditions is a completely different animal.
I was pleasantly surprised, and relieved, that I was able to achieve a normal running "feel" on the treadmill!