My season was going great, my times were falling, my health was good, I had a nice girlfriend, and my grades were good. To push the envelope and become just a little better, I decided to try training in flats. After 3 weeks in flats, I now have level 4 stress fractures in each leg, I have become depressed, started failing school, lost my girlfriend, and lost my job.
Hate to say it, but dissenting voices on these threads informed you of these risks.
Just get in the pool/on the elliptical trainer. You'll come right.
(Assuming the post has some level of truth) I doubt that Chily started on the 10min/day routine.
that's nothing, i got stress fractures measuring 8.5 on the richter scale.
trackhead,
I doubt that this was a serious poster. Too much disaster over a pair of shoes.
Has there been anyone who has seriously tried the minimalist route and had a bad experience? I'd love to hear those stories.
Out.
I believe that Johnston (seen above) was experimenting with it and perhaps was just a little too much (or little) too soon and ended up nursing an injury. I cannot overstate the need to take this transition as gradually as possible.
I see your problem...you should have ditched the girl friend a longtime ago! She was only slowing you down.
Welcome to the "I used to train in flats" club.
ttttttttt wrote:
I see your problem...you should have ditched the girl friend a longtime ago! She was only slowing you down.
yah. you don't need these overblown, built up "girlfriends". that is just too much. a true minimalist realizes that all you need is Rosie Palm and her five friends.
Well i think some people transition much better than others.
I bagged on trackhead for a long time , and was training in pegs for easy days and H's and NB 240's on hard days(plus id try and do around around 20min on grass barefoot every week).
At first my calfs would be sore after hard days. But, after around 3mons of this train i began to notice that i was often LESS sore after hard days, and that the pegs kept feeling mushier and more unstable.
Ive switched completely to H's and 240's( Now i try and get about 10mi barefoot every week) and im into the longest stretch of 80mi weeks of my life(all singles), and my legs feel very strong, i might tweak a tendon every now and again , but after a couple easy days(usally only one will do) i feel fine. I have NEVER been able to do this before.
Im defiantly faster, i think this is partly due to biomechanics, and mostly due to the consistant training.
(by the way im around 6'2 145, so im not super small by any stretch)
So anyway i owe you an apology Trackhead.
and thank you.
trackhead wrote:
I believe that Johnston (seen above) was experimenting with it and perhaps was just a little too much (or little) too soon and ended up nursing an injury. I cannot overstate the need to take this transition as gradually as possible.
For the record, I'm running in NB 900s for most runs, spikes on the track, and NB 950s for tempo stuff. So by most definitions I lean towards "minimalism." I've learned what works for me. I really have no idea of what will work for others, but advise to err towards caution.