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Fan of barefoot shoes, but I find they put a big load on feet and lower legs if you’re running in hard ground. I run in them once a week for 3-5km max
If you’re having knee pain, maybe try something with cushioning for the majority of runs for a while?
cookiemonster-
Yeah I know they’re reducing my feet to mince which no doubt has a knock on effect on my knees. I washed them the other day and realised the sole has been punctured by stones in a few places...
They’re the only running shoes I’ve got at the moment and too skint to buy anything squishier for now..I walked 11km on Saturday which was absolutely fine but knees are twinging on and off at work today.
I think for now I’m going to keep my daily 10-12km after work but just run much less and build up a bit slower to running the distance again.
Partner is a yoga teacher and will be drawing up some exercises for me this week.
edmundro
I’m all about random bloke on internet input.
My warmup consists of walking briskly for 1-2km. I’m only running at 6.30min/km which is much slower than my previous efforts.
Admittedly I’m pushing myself a little- started out walking 10km/day after work with a little jog here and there. Now walking 1km, jogging 10km then another 1km cool down.
I’ve done that the last 3days in a row so suspect I’ve shocked myself a little.
Oh and I’ve been running on stony canal paths in the dark wearing wafer thin vibrams so my feet are taking a bit of a pounding while I htfu again...