Comments on: Running On Ice http://barefoot-running.com/blog/?p=124 bringing barefoot and minimalist running information to the world Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian http://barefoot-running.com/blog/?p=124&cpage=1#comment-110 Brian Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:07:51 +0000 http://barefoot-running.com/blog/?p=124#comment-110 Wingtip- Glad to see people still get out in any condition. I should try the Terra Plana shoes they are just so expensive and ugly. 4mm sole is great though. Clynton- I'm jealous you went to a clinic with Barefoot Ted. Nice site. Wingtip- Glad to see people still get out in any condition. I should try the Terra Plana shoes they are just so expensive and ugly. 4mm sole is great though.

Clynton- I’m jealous you went to a clinic with Barefoot Ted. Nice site.

]]> By: Clynton Taylor http://barefoot-running.com/blog/?p=124&cpage=1#comment-103 Clynton Taylor Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:02:32 +0000 http://barefoot-running.com/blog/?p=124#comment-103 You're absolutely right. I've seen videos by POSE folks showing how a proper stride is how we run on ice (sorry, on mobile, so can't get link to video at the moment). A recent rum on an icy trail in the mountains underscored this to me as well. Barefoot Ted explained in a clinic I took that there is far less slipping barefoot because you feel instantly if the ground isn't right to hold your full weight so you stop and find a better hold. I noticed that my father and law who was ahead of me was slipping a lot in his boots. Thanks for the post! Clynton You’re absolutely right. I’ve seen videos by POSE folks showing how a proper stride is how we run on ice (sorry, on mobile, so can’t get link to video at the moment). A recent rum on an icy trail in the mountains underscored this to me as well. Barefoot Ted explained in a clinic I took that there is far less slipping barefoot because you feel instantly if the ground isn’t right to hold your full weight so you stop and find a better hold. I noticed that my father and law who was ahead of me was slipping a lot in his boots.

Thanks for the post!

Clynton

]]> By: Wingtip http://barefoot-running.com/blog/?p=124&cpage=1#comment-101 Wingtip Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:55:42 +0000 http://barefoot-running.com/blog/?p=124#comment-101 Nice post. Some input you may find interesting: Here in Ottawa, Canada we had freezing rain for the past 24 hours (Dec 26, 2009). I just finished a 7 km run on what one may call awful conditions. I couldn't run barefoot, but I ran in my terra Plana Vivo Barefoot Lesotho that have a 4 mm sole. http://www.terraplana.com/lesotho-p-1038.html?colour=143. The shoes have no tread to speak of. The conditions forced me to keep good form - very slight lean, small stride, balance. The Rideau canal is going to freeze in a few weeks and we will have a 8km ice running track! Thanks BTW: I am not much of an athlete. 240 lbs, with a bad ankle and knee weak due to an ACL tear. Nice post.

Some input you may find interesting:
Here in Ottawa, Canada we had freezing rain for the past 24 hours (Dec 26, 2009). I just finished a 7 km run on what one may call awful conditions. I couldn’t run barefoot, but I ran in my terra Plana Vivo Barefoot Lesotho that have a 4 mm sole.
http://www.terraplana.com/lesotho-p-1038.html?colour=143. The shoes have no tread to speak of.

The conditions forced me to keep good form – very slight lean, small stride, balance.

The Rideau canal is going to freeze in a few weeks and we will have a 8km ice running track!

Thanks

BTW: I am not much of an athlete. 240 lbs, with a bad ankle and knee weak due to an ACL tear.

]]> By: Jeremy http://barefoot-running.com/blog/?p=124&cpage=1#comment-99 Jeremy Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:18:51 +0000 http://barefoot-running.com/blog/?p=124#comment-99 Awesome post Brian. It is amazing how when our bodies need to they will revert to the natural and appropriate way to do things as you have mentioned. I have also noticed this and with my modified running shoes it has made it a lot easier for me to feel the ground and adjust when needed and reduce injury and pain and so much more. Awesome post Brian. It is amazing how when our bodies need to they will revert to the natural and appropriate way to do things as you have mentioned. I have also noticed this and with my modified running shoes it has made it a lot easier for me to feel the ground and adjust when needed and reduce injury and pain and so much more.

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