4th Sep 2015
Another warm Friday
lunch time session in the park - bliss!!
I introduced one new
thing today - my first run in the Merrell Glove with the vibram sole.
I've noticed (and blogged) that it takes quite a bit longer to warm up to the new style of running.
In the bad old days
(ie last week) when wearing heavy padded shoes, I could be out the door and up
to a decent pace within 500 metres.
But with the hips
forward style it can take pretty much 2km
I noticed last week
that Keith talks about this in his book. But he does say that without shoes warm up
is sooner.
I really don't get
that floating feeling at all in the first mile.
In fact far from it. [Edit: three months later, I still don't]
At the park, I did
about 8 "Keith game changer" exercises, bare foot, moving into a run
of about 80 meters. The last 6 or 7 reps
were at the highest cadence I could manage
I concentrated on
trying to feel if I was slipping back or forward during landing and take off,
and in fact you can make small adjustments that mean you can feel it, and also
small adjustments that mean it FEELS like you're making a perfect landing and take
off.
After those reps I
tried Heidi's "toe fist" exercise, and got cramp in the left foot!
Then I put the shoes
back on and ran the 1 mile home.
Wow. Talk about floating. Now warmed up, the same route home felt like
a different running altogether.
Foot exercises. don't hold for more than a few seconds :-)
ReplyDeleteHi David, Keith and I are loving your blog. Roll out your feet for several minutes with a hard spiky ball before and after your run. This releases your foot, ankle and calf muscle. Don't try the foot exercises mid run. They are strenuous ballet poses, designed to strengthen your feet. Do it as a separate session. Cheers, Heidi
ReplyDeleteWith experience, I can now say that the spiked ball is "Heidi's game changer"!! I know you didn't invent it, but thanks to your highlighting it, the spiked ball has turned into the one piece of kit that I could never live without! Thanks so much!
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