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Most runners have experienced tight calves. Running obviously places a heavy load on the calf muscles so we must be careful not to increase the load on these important muscles. But is the reason for our tight calves the same as what we think it is? Maybe not.
So why do we have tight calves? Usually, we’ll look at what we’ve been doing lately; the type of running. Perhaps more uphill running
It’s been a long time, hasn’t it? Over a year, and a lot’s happened. BUT, most excitingly I have had a breakthrough with my barefoot technique, hence this new post.
I live in the Mendip Hills, so much of my running is cross-country, and I love it. But, I work in Bristol, so inevitably I still run around the streets. However, I was less keen on this, as the repetitive
I trust you all had a good time over Christmas and New Year.
Obviously the snow kept the barefoot running down to zero as I wasn’t prepared to pull a ligament on the ice, even in aqua shoes.
As you can see from above they’re beginning to take a bashing, so I’m not sure how long they will last, but they are doing the job.
I’ve been out twice in them recently and run around
It’s the end of a two and a half week trip and I am ready to go home. For the last five days I have been based back in Al Khobar near the Arabian Gulf on the eastern seaboard of Saudi Arabia. I’ve been staying in a very comfortable hotel, which shall remain nameless, and I would happily stay here again, except…
When I went into the gym on my first night back (to cycle,
Well so much for all the good advice about not pushing things too far, too soon…
Now that I am back tentatively running some miles barefoot, I thought I’d summarise the barefoot experiment so far.
Week 1 — Total miles – 7, barefoot miles – 2
Week 2 — Total miles – 14.2, barefoot miles – 1.5
Week 3 — Total miles – 27.4, barefoot miles – 1.2
Week 4 — Total miles – 38.8, barefoot miles – 1.2
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