Can barefoot running keep fit?

Liu qunying

20 1 1 After graduating from college, I came to work in Shanghai alone. Because of heavy work pressure and poor health, he also plans to travel to Tibet, so he will go running in the park after work. I didn't expect Tibet to be finished. The total distance of running in the past three years is almost equivalent to running from Shanghai to Tibet.

I first met barefoot running after the Spring Festival in 20 13, or in the park where I often run. I saw a middle-aged man running barefoot in the rain, so I talked with him about barefoot running and learned the benefits of barefoot running and some skills that should be paid attention to when practicing barefoot running. So, in the days to come, I began to try running barefoot. At first, I just walked around and felt the strange feeling of walking barefoot on the ground. Although you will get strange and unfriendly eyes from time to time, after a long time, more and more people know about barefoot running, participate in it slowly and get their own happiness. Personally, I have gained more fun playing barefoot, and also gained more and more barefoot running friends.

Before work, I was impressed that many people are bookworms, including my relatives and friends, who often hold a book and don't like sports very much. Since childhood, physical education class has always been my favorite course, but it is not my best one. I like it because I can escape all kinds of boring classroom content. Bad means that my physical education exam has been below the average. A long time ago, I positioned myself as a person who likes to play, but is not good at it. My sports ability is poor, even after work, especially when the first company participated in the staff sports meeting in the first year. After I signed up for 200 meters, I ran 400 meters in a row, and the feeling that I almost collapsed was unforgettable. This is one of the reasons why I made up my mind to keep fit. Although no company will organize similar employee sports meetings in the next few years, running will not stop because of happiness.

? Now think about it, before I really ran barefoot on the road in Shanghai, only my bike and cloth shoes on my feet were lucky enough to enjoy the roadside scenery with me. 20 12 12 As a passer-by who was not in the mood for soy sauce, it was raining at the moment when the Shanghai Marathon was held. I stood on Huaihai Road in Shanghai, watching a group of happy lunatics running in the rain, including many faces of young and old. I wonder if I can be one of so many people, from teenagers to white-haired old people, to experience the joy of running in the rain. I decided to start my first half marathon and stretch my running distance from 10km to 25km. After three months, I was so tired that I could successfully run the distance of 2 1.0975km, and I could also become a happy madman. In the days to come, I will keep running for a period of time every day and increase the running distance from 10km to 15km, 20km and finally 25km. After three months of planning, I signed up for the 20 13 Suzhou Jinji Lake Half Marathon, and finished the race at 1 hour 50 minutes, which was the first time to run so long.

? 20 13 is my first year of running a marathon. As the running distance is getting longer and longer, I encountered some running injuries. Although it is only a slight feeling, I still take the initiative to communicate with others. The first message I learned is that running a marathon is different from running at ordinary times and requires special equipment and shoes. Is it necessary to wear all kinds of gorgeous running shoes or a series of running shoes specially made for marathon by some brands? Are shoes really that important? Can you avoid all kinds of pain by wearing all kinds of high and expensive marathon running shoes? This problem has been bothering me, and it has also prompted me to communicate my running experience with more people. In the process of continuous communication with runners all over the world, I learned the concepts of minimalist running shoes and barefoot running. So, I personally started my real barefoot running trip. Running barefoot in the park has become the main form of my usual running, and running shoes have gradually withdrawn from my running life. Now running is barefoot or thin-soled cloth shoes, and running shoes are worn only when you don't run or climb mountains. The most important thing in running is not all kinds of tall running equipment, but good running posture and scientific training plan that follows the principle of step by step and varies from person to person.

? Recalling the first barefoot competition, I was completely excited at any time. 20 13 May, Li Ning 10k ran the Shanghai League Station. Before running, I have the urge to finish the race barefoot. Before running Li Ning 10k, the farthest distance I ran barefoot was only 5km, and I was still a little unsure. After the start, I ran to the side of the road, took off my shoes, put my mobile phone in the shoes, and held the shoes in my hand, running all the way. Finally, I finished the race in 52 minutes. I remember the excitement after the game, but it started to attack the next day. Severe pain in both feet and ankles has affected normal walking. Fortunately, it returned to normal after two or three days, and I still feel scared. Fortunately, I recovered in time, which is a lesson. I can't challenge myself at will. It is very important to learn to step by step.

? 20 14 Xiamen international marathon is my first full marathon, and it is also my first full marathon in flat shoes. Then run the 20 14 Suzhou Jinji Lake Half Marathon completely barefoot for the first time. Pre-race preparation is a tentative half marathon barefoot. I didn't feel any discomfort after running. From then on, I confirmed my ability to run a half marathon barefoot. Yangzhou April, 20 14, I ran the Yangzhou Marathon barefoot for the first time, totally barefoot, totally reckless. It's been half a year since Yangzhou Marathon. For half a year, because of the great changes in life and work, the running training plan basically stopped. 20 1 1, in June 2004, I didn't have systematic running training for about half a year. I ran a few 5km and 10km activities at will, and completed the 20 14 Shanghai Marathon in flat shoes. After the Shanghai Marathon, I practiced two 20 kilometers, several 10 kilometers, and on February 2 1 day, I stepped on a pair of cloth shoes 1 hour, 47 minutes and 47 seconds to complete the Shangrao Half Marathon. I have been preparing for the first full marathon on 20 15, which is also my first full marathon barefoot.

? 20 15 1.3, the first barefoot marathon was completed in 4 hours and 50 minutes. I ran barefoot for the first time, and I also felt some challenging slopes in Xiamen and Malaysia. Xiamen runs cautiously all the way. At 25 kilometers, the road surface was even worse, and the speed dropped from 6 to 7. After 30 kilometers, you can run through bad roads and various small slopes. The rest distance, except for many people on the road, is completely free to run. When I was 30 km to 35 km, I glanced at my watch and found that my pace had reached 5 minutes per km. When I ran to 35 kilometers, I couldn't run so smoothly because there were many people in front, so I had to restore the speed to 6 minutes per kilometer and keep it to the end. So far, I have just finished three and a half races and a full marathon, and my results are not bad, which is not much different from running with shoes on. 20 15 began the prelude of barefoot horse racing, and at the same time began to exchange my experience and lessons with more people.

? Reviewing the course of barefoot running in the past two years, summing up my own thoughts, so as to talk with many friends who are interested in barefoot running and are practicing barefoot running about some practical experiences and lessons. My barefoot running has gone through several processes:

A pair of cloth shoes is mainly influenced by the concept of minimalist running shoes. Subtract all kinds of fancy and unreliable scientific and technological propaganda, all running plans are really completed by improving personal running skills. Minimalist running shoes, minimalist life, and all simple beauty are all things I like and admire. When others are still carried away by sports technology advertisements launched by various sports brands, minimalist runners have been running happily on the road.

Running in cloth shoes for a long time still makes you feel uncomfortable. Why not try running completely barefoot? For those who are used to running with shoes on, it takes a physiological and psychological adaptation process to run barefoot at once, so I chose to run a different way in socks. Many times, when I am not sure whether I have the ability to complete a goal completely barefoot, I will choose to wear socks to slow down, lower my expectations and try to get close to the goal.

When my body tells me that you can run barefoot at every track, I will increase the pace of running, let go of the stride, listen to the wind blowing through my ears, listen to the strong and rhythmic heartbeat, and feel the feeling of my feet touching the ground gently.

The only trouble with cloth shoes is that if the shoes are big, you can't keep up with the pace of running. If it is small, your feet will be bound by shoes after running for a period of time, either by grinding or by shoes. In fact, wearing socks is for the barefoot transition in the future. I also recommend friends who have just started barefoot to try it, which can help us overcome health problems, but there are still some problems. One is that we can't directly feel the feeling that our bodies are in contact with the ground, and the other is that our feet are rubbed when our socks are wet. Completely barefoot, you need to experience, feel, accept and continue to practice. You need to take your time, step by step, and don't worry.

From taking off running shoes to running barefoot completely, this change needs a long process, and any idea of blindly pursuing how fast and how long barefoot running is not desirable. Barefoot can help us realize where our behavior habits are wrong, and it can also make us feel the happiness of being close to nature, but we need to constantly improve our self-perception ability and correct our wrong life and running habits. Close your eyes and train your body's perception. Standing pile training helps us to keep a good figure, consciously adjust our breathing style, strengthen the training of abdominal breathing, and consciously correct the wrong "braking" behavior and trampling behavior.

From wearing running shoes to barefoot, it is a process of constantly liberating yourself physically and mentally, and it is also a process of constantly adapting to and challenging yourself and constantly getting happiness.

Any idea of blindly pursuing speed and distance is very stupid. Speed and distance are the result of our running, not our goal.

From 20 13, there are not many barefoot runners around, and few barefoot runners organize activities together. More people communicate with barefoot runners all over the country online. Although more and more people accept barefoot running in recent years, this group still belongs to a relatively small part of the whole running crowd, and there is no event that can specially take care of barefoot running people or set up for barefoot running. In 20 13, I was lucky enough to participate in a barefoot camp training in Shanghai. When I practiced barefoot running with more friends, I learned some essentials that should be paid attention to. So far, there are no other related barefoot running activities. Personally, I hope that the concept of barefoot running can be recognized by more people, and I hope that more people can understand the concept of barefoot running and natural happiness and join in the process of barefoot running to liberate their body and mind. I hope that after 20 15, there will be more forms of barefoot running activities, more people will learn barefoot running, more people will exchange their experiences in barefoot running, and more sports brands will be integrated into the trend of barefoot running.

Running makes me healthy and confident. On this basis, running barefoot made me more happy, learned to feel myself, and my mind was clear. In the process of practicing barefoot running, we need to constantly learn the ability of self-perception, and at the same time we need to constantly pay attention to the whole running process. Running is like life, and life is like life. It is goal-oriented, not work. She is completely process-oriented, and when the process is done, the goal is naturally achieved. As long as you keep running in the right direction, you can get more results you want. Because I was young, I ran barefoot for so long and rarely got hurt. I can't tell you that this is the benefit of 100% barefoot running, but I can tell you that barefoot running can really help more people in these aspects, make everyone energetic, clear-headed and reduce injuries.

At present, in most places, barefoot should not only overcome their own psychological problems, but also have a vision that others do not understand and support. In many places, barefoot is treated as shirtless, which is forbidden and limits the scope of our barefoot activities. I believe these are only temporary difficulties. As long as we let go of our inner confinement and train scientifically, one day you can drive more people to experience the happiness of barefoot, just like childhood, simple and happy.

20 15 let's run barefoot together and look forward to more barefoot events.

Appendix:

Barefoot practice record:

20 13 Chunping Barefoot Training Camp Shanghai Station

20 14 tai chi running practice course

Cloth shoes entry record:

20 13 Beijing Marathon Men's Half Race

20 13 Hangzhou Marathon Men's Half Race

20 14 Xiamen International Marathon Men's Whole Course

20 14 Men's Whole Course of Wuxi International Marathon

20 14 Shanghai International Mara Men's Wear Tour Exhibition

20 14 Shangrao National Half Marathon Men's Half Marathon