
The Real Science of Barefoot and Minimalist Running
The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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Do You Have Stress Fractures in the Middle Tassels?
I was walking for half an hour barefoot before I started to do any running at all. And then what I would do is I'd run in 400 meters from home, I'd whip my shoes off and run the last 400 meters because it was a smooth road. And so I was pretty conservative. For four or five months later, I got stress fractures in the middle tassels. It was a mess upBecause people don't understand that it's an over-training issue. Yeah. Like I wasn't aggressive at all. "It's true. Yes. I was just fit at the start"
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