Running Tip
On occasion run barefoot. To start, find a nice soft grassy field, like a soccer field and run a short distance barefoot. You can graduate to a track, and to asphalt. This helps in strengthening the muscles of the lower leg/foot including all your stabilizing muscles. Slowly increase your distance/time. There’s a whole group, can you believe, who run marathons barefoot?!? The nice thing about running barefoot, your body can feel when you are not running in proper mechanics and you are forced to correct it. A note about the running barefoot on the track…had a friend this summer run barefoot in the heat on the track and received third degree burns on her feet. So always, always train smart.