Comment by ☀️ sbr

Feel the same about indoor running, I can just about force myself to cycle in doors on rollers when my seasonal allergies are too bad to be out but the disconnect from my love of trail running is too much to run on a treadmill.

Regarding arches, I have medium high arches too and its walking and running barefoot that gives me the foot strength to be able to continue. Always wearing supportive shoes, is what leads to weak feet. Breaking the viscous cycle takes “baby steps”, trying to walk around the house barefoot, if you’ve never done that before, then stepping up.

Jul 09 · 6 months ago

3 Later Comments ↓

@sbr do you run without any sort of shoe on? Or do you wear a minimal shoe? If so which one? If truly barefoot, what surfaces do you usually run on? I imagine asphalt to be too hot during the summer

@citySlicker depends on weather and training (foot strength), from bare to cushioned I wear

• Bare foot
• DIY huaraches
• Xeroshoes z-trail
• Merrel trail glove 7

If warm and I am trained, full bare foot for a short run < 5km, otherwise huaraches.

If warm and less trained, hurraches, otherwise Xeros if lazy or longer runs.

If its a bit cold/wet Xeros, colder/wetter Merrels.

In general try to run as little as possible on asphalt, short trail is 1km from my home, long trails are 2km from my home.

Running on a treadmill is a form of masochism, but is easily accessible. With my current level of focus issues, I find that I don't run unless I can just pop on the treadmill for 20 min and go about my business a couple of times a day. I don't even get sweaty.

Original Post

step one — I quite like running, and cycling (of which there is /s/bicycles) and other forms of activity away from a computer. The irony of wanting to talk about things away from a computer on a computer is not lost on me. Nevertheless, I wrote down some thoughts on running and thought others might have their own so created this sub.