Plantar fasciitis is certainly one of the most common running injuries. According to research carried out by the Sports Medicine Centre, University of British Columbia, it is 3rd on the list after runners’ knee and ITB (iliotibial band) friction syndrome. Not only is it very common,
Weekly summery #15
13/6-19/6
Total weekly miles: 20.8
Number of running sessions: 4
Total weekly barefoot miles: 20.8
Number of barefoot running sessions: 4
Running terrain: road (my regular trail) and grass
Ground surface of barefoot runs: mainly road
Runs in minimalist shoes: vibram five-fingers kso
Condition of skin on feet: nothing special
Interesting/amusing comments
Barefoot running, Bruce Tulloh knew before most of us
Here’s an interesting article, it’s rather old, but great reading nonetheless,
Europe’s barefoot champion
The last sentence is thought provoking: I wonder how long it will be before another champion does it without shoes.
Running pace conversions, mph, kph, min per mile
Online calculators are great, but sometimes it’s quicker and easier to refer to a simple chart.
We’ve created one that covers speeds from 4 mph to 13mph and will convert into kph, mins per mile, mins per km, 400m lap times and the more common race distances.
Want to know how long your 5k will take if you run at 5 miles per hour? Or how fast you’ll have to run each mile to run a marathon
Weekly summery #14
6/6-12/6
Total weekly miles: 14.9
Number of running sessions: 3
Total weekly barefoot miles: 14.9
Number of barefoot running sessions: 3
Running terrain: road (my regular trail) and grass
Ground surface of barefoot runs: mainly road
Runs in minimalist shoes: vibram five-fingers kso
Condition of skin on feet: nothing special
Interesting/amusing comments
Another plantar fasciitis success story?
Here’s another one of those interesting stories to encourage frustrated plantar fasciitis sufferers; there are treatments that are not aligned with conventional ideas.
Stumbled across your barefoot experiment via the Runner’s World forum. Great stuff!
Anyway, I have a good neutral running style and I’m a forefoot striker…
I picked up Plantar