Name: Kyle Kranz
Blog: RunningOnTheWhiteLine.com
Age: 22
Years Running: 3
Typical Weekly Mileage: (When not injured) 40-60
Running Terrain: Road. Out of town and in town.
Experience going barefoot not running: None
Pre-existing Injuries: Many, ITBS and PF. But I feel I am over PF and almost over ITBS at the moment.
Usual running footwear: VFF Classics
Foot Strike: Midfoot
Reasons for Running BF: The challenge
In high school I weighed 230 pounds my freshmen year. Now as a senior nutrition student in college I am 150 pounds. I began cycling my freshmen year, starting doing triathlons my second year, and my junior year I added in marathons and ultramarathons.
I have spent a lot of time injured with ITBS and PF. However after taking nearly the entire summer of 2009 off with PF I began running in Vibrams. When I started I still had a bit of PF pain but it eventually disappeared.
Currently I am coming off a ITBS problem from too much running on a short 9 lap track. Doing 10+ mile runs is a lot of corners and bad for the outside leg apparently. I focused more on low heart rate training. Keeping me slow which allowed me to increase my mileage slowly. I have now been running for about a month and feeling very well.
I would like to add BF running into my training to strengthen my self and for the challege. I cannot say I will do all my running or racing BF, but we’ll see.
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