When you fall and hit the ground you don't just stop, you continue falling and compressing into the ground. With very fast steps you can already be on to the next step before that happens, and choose between light and heavy steps depending on how good each bit of ground is...
Hey i saw you run bearfoot on pavement. That i love about you. Any advice on how to keep my callous from getting shreaded off my foot? Or does that mean I'm running wrong?
I can't speak for what she would say but I have done a decent bit of barefoot running and almost all of it has been on asphalt. I've never experienced any shredding of skin. That would only occur if you deliberately scraped your feet along the ground. However I don't know if by callous you mean a single location of thick and raised skin like we get on our hands or if you just mean the general thickening and hardening of skin evenly across the whole foot, which is the only thing I have ever experienced and so there isn't really anything to shred off since it's all even, unless again you deliberately scraped your feet along the asphalt or especially concrete. But only one time a few years ago while running on concrete (I don't know if the concrete was specifically relevant compared to asphalt) did I experience an odd event where one spot on my left foot about a half inch long got rubbed raw and I honestly don't know why because nowhere else did and it only happened that one time. It healed just fine and was the hardest and strongest part of both of my feet for a few months before finally going back to being like the rest of my skin. The main thing is start slow and pay attention to your feet, if you push yourself to a blister that's too far.
I've noticed a wear pattern on of my shoes that showed I was applying a horizontal force instead of popping off the ground. This I think is a result of tension in that leg that was compensating for as weak back. I've found that having a slight forward lean to engage my anterior muscles and tendons. Have a look at "Run for Your Life: How to Run, Walk, and Move Without Pain or Injury and Achieve a Sense of Well-Being and Joy" by Mark Cucuzzella
Who is the woman at 1:16? Her form is amazing
Good to see a video from you again. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. :)
Very true, cant recommend this enough.
When you fall and hit the ground you don't just stop, you continue falling and compressing into the ground. With very fast steps you can already be on to the next step before that happens, and choose between light and heavy steps depending on how good each bit of ground is...
Hey i saw you run bearfoot on pavement. That i love about you. Any advice on how to keep my callous from getting shreaded off my foot? Or does that mean I'm running wrong?
I can't speak for what she would say but I have done a decent bit of barefoot running and almost all of it has been on asphalt. I've never experienced any shredding of skin. That would only occur if you deliberately scraped your feet along the ground. However I don't know if by callous you mean a single location of thick and raised skin like we get on our hands or if you just mean the general thickening and hardening of skin evenly across the whole foot, which is the only thing I have ever experienced and so there isn't really anything to shred off since it's all even, unless again you deliberately scraped your feet along the asphalt or especially concrete.
But only one time a few years ago while running on concrete (I don't know if the concrete was specifically relevant compared to asphalt) did I experience an odd event where one spot on my left foot about a half inch long got rubbed raw and I honestly don't know why because nowhere else did and it only happened that one time. It healed just fine and was the hardest and strongest part of both of my feet for a few months before finally going back to being like the rest of my skin.
The main thing is start slow and pay attention to your feet, if you push yourself to a blister that's too far.
I've noticed a wear pattern on of my shoes that showed I was applying a horizontal force instead of popping off the ground. This I think is a result of tension in that leg that was compensating for as weak back. I've found that having a slight forward lean to engage my anterior muscles and tendons. Have a look at "Run for Your Life: How to Run, Walk, and Move Without Pain or Injury and Achieve a Sense of Well-Being and Joy" by Mark Cucuzzella
heel strike is not a direct result of lower cadence... In fact theres like 20-30 steps per minute difference between top 10 marathon runners