ouch.
I did the same workout as Monday, but with 5 laps of barefoot running. My right foot was all ripped up afterward with a bloody baby toe and skin coming off a couple of the other toes and the ball of my foot. Seems kind of odd, but my left foot has no such damage. I wonder if it's got to do with my right foot being the outside foot as I run around the track. Might have to put this one to the pose message board and see if it means anything with regard to my technique.
The drills were challenging, I never know if I'm getting it right. The run felt pretty good. A couple of times I felt more fall happening. I was running pretty quickly, not on purpose, but because it seemed to be what happened when I concentrated on technique.
I found out that triathletes don't seem to know what to do when someone yells "Track!" at them. There was a big group of them walking on the only two lanes of the track as they were leaving. I yelled about 5 times and they pretty much never even looked at me. Sheesh.
posted by erin at 8:18 PM
2 Comments:
Erin,
Hi. It's Shawn from the POSE forum. While it might seem like it's not coming together, I think you're getting there.
First, I'll state the obvious; your bloody toes are caused by your toes rubbing the ground while on support. Now, what's causing the rubbing? You're spending too much time on support which results in a push. You need to pull your foot from the ground earlier with more of a directional pull toward your hips.
After doing your drills and getting warmed up, run a lap and count your steps for 1 minute. I believe your cadence is a bit low. Your stride is really long to the rear - a couple of times you reached out in front of your GCM, but usually your foot is in the right position on landing with good knee bend. If you concentrate on increasing your cadence to at least 180 (90 per foot), you might be able to shorten your stride, which might help eliminate that push.
One other thing I noticed, it looks like your lower leg is tense. I never see any flex in your ankle - it always maintains a 90 degree angle. That will punish your feet and calves. Allow your foot to react. Just turn the thinker off and run. Let me know what your cadence is.
Also, I'm a triathlete, and I didn't know what "Track!" meant, but if I heard some crazy gal hollering that as she's coming around the track, you better believe I'd move my butt out of the way.
Keep up with the barefoot running, but do most of it on grass for now. Unless the track surface is really, really rough, you shouldn't beat up your feet. I can easily go a couple of miles on rough and dirty asphalt. So, get rid of the push, and run barefoot.
Enjoy!
7:18 AM
Thanks for the input, Shawn. A couple of barefoot miles on asphalt...that is impressive in a world of Nike Shox.
-erin
10:45 PM
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