In his first, of what we hope will be many, Ian Griffiths revisits a blog that he wrote earlier this year and contemplates if barefoot running is indeed beneficial and if more people are now running unshod?
No one has perfect running form, but everyone can improve their running mechanics. Doing so can make you a more efficient runner, which means you’ll use less energy in every stride and boost your running economy.
Chris McDougall is a man with a message and after spending the evening listening to him talk to a packed room and meeting him briefly afterwards, I think that he may be slightly misunderstood.
My message today is this: get out of your comfort zone by running with someone better than you. Join a club, find a training partner online, make friends with a future Olympian – whatever suits you.
For three of us this was our first experience of an event like this, and it’s fair to say that we’ll all be up for doing one again the future. There’s already talk of a repeat effort next year in Manchester to beat our times of we have now set. R8K44DS44ZWB
While the training is going well I felt it would be a good idea to get in touch with Michael Nicol from The Running School to help me out with some advice on my running technique.
The Knowledge of knowing you have doen your in a race, will leave you with a feeling of contentment, satisfaction and pride like nothing else. And an excuse to declare… “it’s beer o’clock”. Enjoy!