You can’t just START running barefoot without some sort of preparation. Stretching. Strengthening. Something.
Right?
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Steven, I am about to start the process of transiting into barefoot running. Based on the amount of running I am doing right now do you recommend people continue running the remaining amount within the shoes they are used to wearing? For example, if I were running 30 miles per week and I took a conservative and reasonable transition approach to introducing barefoot running of approximately 30 seconds and moving up from there I would obviously but far short of the total distances I typically run. Therefore, do you advice people continue running in their former shoes as they make the slow switch?
Start by just adding the barefoot time at the beginning of a run, or on an “off day.” Then as your barefoot distance/time increases, swap it out for shod running. Make sense?
That makes sense, thank you very much!