Grass workouts should be only done on the local golf course greens (yes, even plyo's), tell them I said it was ok
Grass workouts should be only done on the local golf course greens (yes, even plyo's), tell them I said it was ok
My observation is that soft shoes and surfaces lead to more long term pain in major joints like knees and hips, whereas harder surfaces impact the lower extremities more.
I ran on grass as often as possible and almost always barefoot on grass, including warmups and warmdowns for training on the track.
Shoes are quite cumbersome when running on grass, especially the built up clunkers, and were probably the cause of your injury.
Barefoot is streamlined, with no cumbersome shoes to throw you off balance and wreak havoc with your stride.
I remember in HS my coach convinced me to do grass strides. On like the third one I stepped on a longer patch concealing a busted up Diet Coke can and sliced the bottom of my foot open. Never again.
That's one of the main reasons why I don't run barefoot.