I began running altogether in August of 2009, I started running in what I had which were a pair of Keen Wasatch Crest trailrunning shoes. I truly love the shoes, they are wonderfully waterproof and are so comfortable and really work well on trails. But, as with any trailrunning shoe I have had, they are a little heavy. I started running the way my brother (personal chef/trainer/nutritionist) taught me on my forefoot. He was always telling me how light he ran, how eveyone around him was pounding the ground so hard and yo could barely hear his feet whisper. Well this sounded like good sense to me and still does so that’s how I began to run, that is until I began to get tired and then would revert to just getting my feet infront of each other.
Since I was in highschool, the outside of my left knee would hurt after a mile or so and I would walk back to the house a little scared that something was going to rip or tear at some point. So running never appealed to me much because of that fear. So this began to happen again but not so bad or nearly as often so I just attributed it to bad running form.
Well, my dad who has run marathons told me my shoes were too heavy and it would be bad for my body after a while so I started looking at running shoes that would cost me in the hundreds of dollars when I remembered something I had seen on vibramfivefingers.com that talked about people using their VFFs for running shoes.
Me being a constant rebel and loving to go against the system thought “what the heck, I’ll give it a shot”. So in mid September of 2009 I strapped on my Vibram FiveFinger Flows and ran for about a mile with no pain in my feet, knees, or legs.
So from that point I was sold. I only run in my Flows and I really enjoy it. My calves are getting very large and I feel much better. I sill can’t run as far as would like, but I am building up to it.
Tags: excercise, minimalist, running, Vibram FiveFingers
