Some People Are Just Born to Run
The NY Times Online published the storyof Christopher McDougall, a former retired, new back-to-running marathoner. He explains why he stopped running at first as 9 out of 10 runners have some sort of injury when training for these long distance runs. Why would anyone continue a sport that had only 10 percent chance of not injuring themselves?
After meeting with gringo protégé, “The White Horse,” (of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s Copper Canyons) and Daniel Lieberman, Harvard’s “Barefoot Professor,” Christopher spend 9 months completely retraining his running style (physically, mentally, and spiritually). According to his book Born to Run, McDougall “discovered that injury-free legs aren’t such a miracle after all.”
To read the rest of the article click here. I would be interested in hearing what your best injury free running method is. . .
Author: RyanOrser
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There is good evidence that most running injuries occur in the first 3 years of starting to run. If we can them through that period. Treat these injuries and keep them running they get through this stage and their body gets strong to running. I have observed if there is prolong avoidence about 6 months the 3 years starts over.
The last thing I would suggest is barefoot running. ‘Born to Run’ focused on ultra marathon trail races but did not go into running on concrete. most NYers who try barefoot running go from an extremely stable shoe …to no shoe at all. not exactly a progression. Since there are only single leg and “no leg” stages in a running gait, running is essentially a series of controlled jumps and should be progressed as so. I find a progression of eccentric exercises followed by plyometric drills in addition to a walk/jog/run program is a safe and fast way to get back to running.