, they felt quite strange to put on, they are not a great fit for me, my toes do not even come close to filling those little fidley bits, which made me worry about blisters ect. but to my surprise it all went swimmingly well.ok i am writing this in retrospect, as i am several runs further bofore deciding to document but bare with me :)
the first steps
the first steps were very strange, and kind of cold it being march, i aimed for a 25min run, seemed a good start. Now the first steps hurt, bangf bang on the heel, but i shifted my wieght forward to what io later learned to be a forefoot strike. this all went fairly automatically. after a few minutes of this i got used to the new posture, but now i could feel the road! not painfull but liberating, feeling my toes spread as i place my foot feeling the changing in angle of the pavement, and most of all an extreem awareness of my body position, like oh i am starting to lean back to much, or forward to much and slapping my feet. This was a true awakening for me a real experience of running (after years in very expesive soft cushiony shoes)
the burn
after 10min or so i started to feel the burn in my calf muscles and my lower abdomen (new to me during running) so this is a really diffirent way of moving. the next day i had real muscle ache in my calves an the day after even more, i later read somewhere that you should start with 5 to 10 min as you feet and legs need to strenghten up, i found this too much of a step back from the 1.5 hours i can run.
transtion
as fo the transition i choose to switch to vibram
s and just do it! since then i have not used my asicis at all, but i have put my milage back to scratch (which is not so bad since i am in physio and need to get rid of my knee injury)Tips
Just do it
dont over do it the first few times
start to build your feet muscles by going barefoot (or vibram) as much as possible, around the house or what ever
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