As I try to very slowly build up some mileage post stress fracture I’ve been doing all my running in my vibram fivefingers. I’ve been doing it because barefoot running allows me feel how much impact I’m putting through my tibia. But my road is a busy country road with gravel shoulders, so I like [...]
Injuries
Wait, it’s Friday already?
Time flies when one spends parts of their days in physical therapy. Given all my rowing injuries, college was a blink and you’ll miss it experience for me. Despite the injury I’ve been keeping active. I’ll have rock hard abs when I come back (they will just be hidden under the layer of padding still), [...]
Gear
FiveFingers Update
I’ve been loving my Vibram FiveFingers so far. They are so strange as shoes. I can feel every rock, every stick and every puddle. I find myself having to pay attention to what I am stepping on or in all over again. I mostly wear them to go walking in the woods with the puppy. [...]
Gear
Biomechanics Experiment
I have plantar fasciitis, badly. I’ve had it for at least three years. I’ve seen podiatrists, done physical therapy, spent too much money on orthodics that ended up breaking. I used to be a runner, I used to do 30+ mile long backpacks and now I feel trapped because I never know when it acts [...]
