All my training has been done on roads/sidewalks because I don't have a license and my parents aren't going to wake up at the crack of dawn to drive me to a track or trail. I live in a pretty urban area so we don't really have trails nearby. For the past 4 years, all my running has been on roads and I have never been injured once. I do a pretty decent amount of mileage too - about 50-60 mpw- and I think that the pounding teaches proper form and footstrike. Opinions?
Stick to the sidewalks - running on the roads is crazy talk...
jelly man wrote:
All my training has been done on roads/sidewalks because I don't have a license and my parents aren't going to wake up at the crack of dawn to drive me to a track or trail. I live in a pretty urban area so we don't really have trails nearby. For the past 4 years, all my running has been on roads and I have never been injured once. I do a pretty decent amount of mileage too - about 50-60 mpw- and I think that the pounding teaches proper form and footstrike. Opinions?
You are fine. Did the same when I was young. Still running at age 67.
Why do people make such a fuss over changing running shoes if pounding dies not damage your body.
Someone asked coach of El G how much road running his charge did - none was the answer.
If you get away with it good lunch but the never injured runner at our club is currently injured.
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