2023-02-13T08:20:24Z https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/groups/barefoot-runners/forum/topics/feed/all https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/groups/barefoot-runners/forum/topics/period-of-transition-to-barefoot 2014-01-31T14:22:18.000Z 2014-01-31T14:22:18.000Z Zeus Loréz https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/ZeusLorez <div><p><span><span class="font-size-3">Hey runners!</span> I was happy to join 30BaD until I saw this group… <strong>now I'm more happy!</strong> Its like giving a child not one, but two lollypops! Hahaha! </span><br /><span>Ok, i will try to be fast but understandable, and sorry about my english! </span><br /><br /><span>I've been running for about.. all my life (non professional) but in barefoot just a few months. </span><br /><span>What i want to know about you guys, its the </span>transitions period. I injured two of my ligaments in the knee when i was 14 (now I'm 25), i broke them and i didn't want to make any surgery, so here i am, i feel pain on them. </p><p><span>What i understand about the transition its that should be for a long period of time (it depends in many facts), progressively more time in barefoot. So i started running 4k (2.5miles) the first week. I had muscle pain and i thought it was normal. So i continue increasing the distance. After a month, i was running 12k (7.5miles). I use to run 25k (15.5miles) so i said -ok, two months or three its ok for the transition. And that was the moment when i felt my ligaments again. </span><br /><span>I was so worried, i felt like when i broke them. If someone of you guys knows which pain I'm talking about, you know its far from been a broken bone. You don't believe in any god when you break them!<span style="text-decoration:underline;"> </span></span><br /><span>I stopped running for a month and now, I'm thinking to run with 2 or 3 drop shoes for at least 6 months. </span><br /><br /><span>What are your thoughts, experiences or suggestions? </span><br /><span>I need more info through internet, because were i live there are no barefoot runners, i swear I'm the only one! Hahaha</span><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Thanks a lot! and have a great raw\vegan\barefoot day! </span><br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">CHEERS! </span></strong></p></div> https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/groups/barefoot-runners/forum/topics/barefoot-running-why-is-it-good 2013-11-25T00:17:15.000Z 2013-11-25T00:17:15.000Z Shelby Mariah https://www.thefrugivorediet.com/members/ShelbyMariah759 <div><p>Hello fellow fruitys!</p><p>I have been running barefoot for over a year now, and absolutely love it! I love feeling my feet touching the Earth! Although, very often people tell me that it is not good for me. I never know how to respond to them.. What do you tell people? </p><p>-Shelby</p></div>