Barefoot
running
Let
it be grass, dirt, rocks, sand or whichever terrain you may think of,
your bare foot is capable to habituate – with time – to any of
these surfaces.
Although
there is a great number of footgear design to improve your efficiency
– or the lack of it – over and through a vast variety of
landscapes, the truth is that the utterly incredible capacity and
flexibility of the body to fit to changes is overwhelming; and your
feet, as well as any other pat of your body, are probably in a
dormant state compared to what they could achieve and become.
From
the point of view of biomechanics, physiology and physics, the human
foot has been molded and rendered to perform outstandingly without any
kind of footwear. Nonetheless, the adaptations are made to adjust
nature, and running barefoot over solid concrete ten kilometres
straight, is, frankly, not alike nature and, hence, not recommended.
This does not mean the body cannot adapt, but you have to be careful,
as the chances of knee injuries with barefoot running are much more
increased than running with any footgear.
So,
how could you achieve barefoot running minimising knee injury? Well,
sandblasting. Of course not everyone lives by the seashore,
but if you do, go run barefoot over the sand - dry sand (make it
difficult).
What
if you do not have seashore nearby? Just try to avoid running
directly on concrete or any other hard surface which may lead to hurt
your joints.
If
you intend, despite of the above mentioned, to go run on solid
concrete, just accept one advise: exaggerate a little the range and
whole movement of your knee with every step you take in order to
lessen the collision as much as possible.
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