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.
The Runner’s Heart — missed or skipped beats
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
Inov-8 F-lite 230 mountain review
Following on from the initial review of the F-Lite, here’s another look, in particular how they behaved when they were taken for a short (10-mile) trip up and down a Welsh mountain. Then, subsequently a less rigorous outing of the Glyders.
This was quite a stern test, and very revealing. I thought quite hard before selecting the F-Lite 230 for the Snowdon Mountain Race. Previously, I’ve
Running and calf injuries or not?
Runners frequently encounter calf injuries, and they often seem to appear without any rhyme or reason.
One runner I know who does a lot of mountain races succumbed to a calf injury whilst out jogging an easy run on the flat.
Calf injuries often appear without warning, but they can also disappear just as mysteriously.
A couple of years back I suffered a painful calf that literally stopped me
Inov-8 F-Lite 230 and cling film
First things first — the colour. Normally, I can’t wait to run through muddy puddles in new shoes, but for some reason with these I’ve been a little reluctant to initiate them in the usual way. They look bright in the picture, but that’s nothing to how they look fresh out of the box; you just know you’ll have to be running faster in them.
Anyway on to more serious aspects.
Oxygen cost of running barefoot
Barefoot running has obviously become more common in recent years. Indeed, the running media (heavily reliant on advertising revenue from shoe manufacturers) seem to have ended their head-in-the-sand attitude and have printed several articles on the advantages or disadvantages of running barefoot. This is certainly due partly to the big players in running shoe manufacture releasing barefoot oriented,