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In our previous article about running over 40, we asked the question ‘how will age affect our speed?’
Of course, there is not one simple answer to how our advancing years will slow us down. Indeed, it may even be incorrect to assume that we will in fact slow down as we age. For example, a runner who takes up running at the age of 45 will — like anyone else — improve as their fitness
Barefoot running remains a hot topic, and with any hot topic comes strong opinion — often ill-founded. One of the greatest claims of the barefoot running revolution has been that running barefoot reduces injury risk for distance runners. I must admit, I sit very firmly on the fence here. I came to barefoot running with long term plantar fasciitis and also tendency to suffer with runners knee (patellofemoral
For a start, it’s not just runners, but us runners do have an acute awareness of when our hamstrings feel tight. And, it can be a strange and frustrating problem. It might just be a slight feeling of tightness or stiffness, or it can be more apparent and significantly effect our running action. In some this can considerably slow us down, make most runs uncomfortable and heighten the risks
Where and how do you start running training if you are over 40, and how will reaching this landmark age affect you if you are an experienced runner?
Well, firstly and probably most importantly, 40 is just a number, it’s just three straight lines and a round one; nothing should happen to us overnight just because we’ve reached the age of 40 years. But of course for many it does. Because
This is a great article and set of barefoot running shoe videos from Planet Fear and offers sound advice for anyone interested in how to start running barefoot. It’s really worth checking our before jumping straight in and becoming injured. Also, good review of the Inov-8 Baregrip 200.
In another article about the Snowdon Mountain Race and Inov-8 F-lite I’d mentioned a strange fitness affliction. Many runners — and others who train their bodies — report abnormal heart beats or