Hi guys
Newbie to barefooting - am from the Australian chapter but thought I would post here to get some advice, apologies if I'm in the wrong thread!!!
Quick bio - prior to BF Saucony Kinvara and Altras for HM distance, alays trained 2km barefoot on treadmill every session, live barefoot around home and run trails to keep it mixed up.
Having thrown the shoes away for good I spent the first month running on the fiercest trails I could to try and develop technique - went from aqua shoes, to comlpetely barefoot and really noticed and improvement with dealing with the difficult terrain as I practiced new ways of running. Can manage 40 mins on these trails ( very slowly) but with no muscle or joint pain and maybe just a few light marks on my soles.
HOWEVER cement- different story altogether!! First few runs my calves killed and I realised I was over striding. Increased cadence brought feet under body more and bobs you uncle no more calf pain, which is great. But I'm struggling with the "feeling" of my soles, the skin.....the roads where I live are either gravelly bitumen or smooth cement paths but my soles get really sore....not sure if it is friction from needing to refine my technique even further....or if this is simply just a little part of the transitioning, and that I need TIME to build up thicker fat pads and more resilient soles....
I know you can't critique my style without seeing it, but I am more interested in hearing other peoples experiences in conditioning their soles?? I am chuffed I am not getting calf or joint pain, but the skin thing is annoying!!!! And really want to keep mixing trails with roads, as I am VERY slow in trails and need to build kms back up again...
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for any help
Kali
Newbie to barefooting - am from the Australian chapter but thought I would post here to get some advice, apologies if I'm in the wrong thread!!!
Quick bio - prior to BF Saucony Kinvara and Altras for HM distance, alays trained 2km barefoot on treadmill every session, live barefoot around home and run trails to keep it mixed up.
Having thrown the shoes away for good I spent the first month running on the fiercest trails I could to try and develop technique - went from aqua shoes, to comlpetely barefoot and really noticed and improvement with dealing with the difficult terrain as I practiced new ways of running. Can manage 40 mins on these trails ( very slowly) but with no muscle or joint pain and maybe just a few light marks on my soles.
HOWEVER cement- different story altogether!! First few runs my calves killed and I realised I was over striding. Increased cadence brought feet under body more and bobs you uncle no more calf pain, which is great. But I'm struggling with the "feeling" of my soles, the skin.....the roads where I live are either gravelly bitumen or smooth cement paths but my soles get really sore....not sure if it is friction from needing to refine my technique even further....or if this is simply just a little part of the transitioning, and that I need TIME to build up thicker fat pads and more resilient soles....
I know you can't critique my style without seeing it, but I am more interested in hearing other peoples experiences in conditioning their soles?? I am chuffed I am not getting calf or joint pain, but the skin thing is annoying!!!! And really want to keep mixing trails with roads, as I am VERY slow in trails and need to build kms back up again...
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for any help
Kali