Comments for Train hard Race fast

Comment on Wiggle coupon for cycling gear by Ron

Ron — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:12:41 +0000

How much is shipping from the UK? Once you factor it in, is it still a good deal?

Comment on This is a fun post! by Ron

Ron — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:12:10 +0000

Hi Elaine, thanks for the good wishes! I feel better but man did it ever take long to heal.

Comment on Monday Swim Practice – Drafting by Hong

Hong — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:59:23 +0000

Keep up the good work! See you in Muskoka for 70.3 or Peterborough 70.3!

Comment on Treat and Prevent shin splints by Nishant

Nishant — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:49:20 +0000

sir
i am appear in a P.E.T exam in this exam i mile running should be completed in six and half minute but in last exam i failed in this running but i have 15 days improve for running but due to shin pain i have ffacing many problem over all please help me and give me tips . thank u

Comment on Prevent blisters while running by Kendrick Winckler

Kendrick Winckler — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:54:13 +0000

Hey cool! Published update, Phil. I was beginning to wonder. Hopefully mine will arrive any day.

Comment on Paris Marathon 2010 Pre-Race Info & Registration by Hong

Hong — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:24:49 +0000

Maybe i’ll get a chance next year to run this? but then again, I think my company will fire me by then ahhaa, Goofy challenge in Jan and then Tokyo in Feb… anyways, glad you had fun and you did well as usual. Post your medal!!!

Comment on And the #1 New Years Resolution is… by Hong

Hong — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:09:02 +0000

You have my support Coach!

Comment on Gifts Ideas For Runners – Women’s Edition by Steve2000

Steve2000 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:15:30 +0000

One gift for runners is the Body Bottle. It’s a water bottle that straps to the arm and found at: bodybottle.com

Comment on Strength Training For Runners by Clarice

Clarice — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:11:57 +0000

I couldn’t have put it better myself! I do stronglifts 5×5 (www.stronglifts.com) 3 times a week and run on the other days. Yes i have gained a lot of muscle, but since i’ve added running to my schedule, I have been toning quite nicely. Plan on running through fall and winter as well. Very excited!

Comment on Vibram Five Finger Shoes Review by justin

justin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:53:04 +0000

A few comments:

1) The picture you have is of the Bikila, which is a fivefingers model that won’t be available until 2010. Incidentally, that photo originated on birthdayshoes.com, but I don’t see any attribution on this post as to where you got it from (Please add a link if you want to keep this photo on this site as that is simply polite!).

2) Since you don’t have the ones pictured here, which model did you use to test?

3) Regarding how you run, you never actually mentioned how you run – do you heel-strike when you run? If you do, it’s not surprising that you’d be hurting so much after a 400 yard sprint. You simply can’t heel strike running barefoot or with VFFs.

Why would ankle or arch support make it 100x easier to run?

4) Why do you estimate it will take you over a year to get used to them? Depending on how slowly you take it transitioning to VFFs, you should not experience much pain — maybe some soreness as you rehabilitate atrophied muscles, but this isn’t very different from training any other muscle of your body.

5) Lots of people wear socks with fivefingers — but they are necessarily toe socks such as injinjis. If anything, wearing socks actually reduces chaffing and seems to make it less likely you’ll get blisters while wearing VFFs. On the other hand, they add weight and heat to your feet and just make for a tighter fit. Plus, who has 5-toed socks? At $10+ a pair, it’s easier to just toughen up and grow callouses. But yea, you can and people do wear socks with VFFs.

Interesting you like them for rock climbing — I’ve heard mixed reactions to their application in rock climbing as they apparently make things like smearing very difficult.