We watched an episode of Channel 5's Chronicle on Monday night and it was all about running. Tonight John and I started out on our little trek trying to train our brains and change our gait patterns. The whole point was to avoid the heel strike to decrease the overall force that each step produces. This is the theory of minimalist or barefoot runners. I must say my first mile was around 8:30 and the second mile at around 9:30. Super fast for me. John just dashed my theory and said my first mile was that fast because I was running downhill.
By not leading with the heel, you land on the front part of your foot and in the process actually speed up your cadence. It's a great theory and it's going to take some time to change the way we run. I hope by changing our pattern that my IT band pain will go away and maybe I won't feel so tired so fast.
On a side note, did not get as much knitting done as I would've liked last night after we made two trips to Belmont. The first was for ice cream at Jordan's and the second was for a 3rd alarm structure fire. And as we were heading to Belmont in the fire truck, I got to thinking that the mint chip ice cream in a waffle cone was not such a good plan as it sat like a brick in my stomach. Someday I will learn...but it sure was tasty!
I have a few pairs of VFF's, but just can't get used to them on my flat feet. When I jog with them, my foot bones hurt for days. So, I try to focus on running on the front part of my foot in my regular sneakers.
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