Mom: "What is goat foot?"
Me: "No shoes!"
Well, we don't have bears in Africa and I knew it was an animal of sorts!
Me, like Happy Goat- No Shoes!
Wednesday 28 September 2016
Goat Foot Running?
When I was 3 years old, I would constantly ask my mother if I could go goat foot.
Mom: "What is goat foot?"
Me: "No shoes!"
Well, we don't have bears in Africa and I knew it was an animal of sorts!
Me, like Happy Goat- No Shoes!
Mom: "What is goat foot?"
Me: "No shoes!"
Well, we don't have bears in Africa and I knew it was an animal of sorts!
Me, like Happy Goat- No Shoes!
Just a quick intro...
Just a quick intro-
I started running proper when I wanted to make the U12A Rugby team, and the bug quickly bit! At school I ran 400, 800 and 1500m in summer and XCountry in winter when not rowing or playing rugby.
Rowing stayed on at University but obviously running was a key component of the training. Being at the University of Cape Town, we were on Table Mountain which meant most of the runs involved some trails. Before trail running was a thing, we were doing it!
Once I started working, running stayed with me and I preferred running in the mountains. One weekend I entered a trail race and came 2nd! I had discovered trail running!
Many races and years later I hit a big long term injury, my right ankle had been strained and twisted so many times that there was no strength in the ligaments any more. I could twisted my ankle 3 times in a run and be up and running 10 meters on each time! Going to lower drop height shoes like Inov8's helped but I needed some rest.
Which became 2 and more years and the weight piled on. When I finally decided I got to get serious about fitness again, it became one injury after the next. I think anybody in their mid-to-late 30's knows the feeling! Your body is just not quite what it was.
After reading That Book ("Born to Run") I was pretty enamoured with the whole barefoot thing but I took me much longer, and a move to Singapore, for me to start taking it seriously.
Coming to Singapore, there were no mountains, just lots of incredibly well maintained paved paths and side walks everywhere. No dog pooh, very clean, the perfect place to start.
And so I did! It was difficult at the beginning as I could not go fast or far and I learnt all about small muscles in my legs I never knew I had. Slowly my calves started to look ripped, my speed has improved and now I struggle to run with shoes.
And I have set myself the target of running the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2016 barefoot and at the same time raise funds for Habitat for Humanity Singapore!
Please visit again to keep see how the progress is going and my thoughts on barefoot running. Thanks!
I started running proper when I wanted to make the U12A Rugby team, and the bug quickly bit! At school I ran 400, 800 and 1500m in summer and XCountry in winter when not rowing or playing rugby.
Rowing stayed on at University but obviously running was a key component of the training. Being at the University of Cape Town, we were on Table Mountain which meant most of the runs involved some trails. Before trail running was a thing, we were doing it!
Once I started working, running stayed with me and I preferred running in the mountains. One weekend I entered a trail race and came 2nd! I had discovered trail running!
Many races and years later I hit a big long term injury, my right ankle had been strained and twisted so many times that there was no strength in the ligaments any more. I could twisted my ankle 3 times in a run and be up and running 10 meters on each time! Going to lower drop height shoes like Inov8's helped but I needed some rest.
Which became 2 and more years and the weight piled on. When I finally decided I got to get serious about fitness again, it became one injury after the next. I think anybody in their mid-to-late 30's knows the feeling! Your body is just not quite what it was.
After reading That Book ("Born to Run") I was pretty enamoured with the whole barefoot thing but I took me much longer, and a move to Singapore, for me to start taking it seriously.
Coming to Singapore, there were no mountains, just lots of incredibly well maintained paved paths and side walks everywhere. No dog pooh, very clean, the perfect place to start.
And so I did! It was difficult at the beginning as I could not go fast or far and I learnt all about small muscles in my legs I never knew I had. Slowly my calves started to look ripped, my speed has improved and now I struggle to run with shoes.
And I have set myself the target of running the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2016 barefoot and at the same time raise funds for Habitat for Humanity Singapore!
Please visit again to keep see how the progress is going and my thoughts on barefoot running. Thanks!
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