[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
Xen Nova, if you’re still reading, I really enjoyed the Parkour videos. Thanks for posting them.[/quote]
Go out and try it and make your own videos.
Let me add, I love parkour, but I’m no David Belle. I try and keep things to about one story.
[quote]Mad HORSE wrote:
[quote]Hog Ear wrote:
Next month I’ll be addending a wedding, guess what I’ll be wearing with my dress pants?! [/quote]
Damn, dude. That’s hardcore.
I love my nonshoes a lot, but I can still wear workboots or a decent pair of dress shoes. You’re impressive.[/quote]
HAHA, thanks. The process has taken me about 2 years. In the beginning VFFs were mainly for training, but as I began to develop more foot awareness and strength it became harder to wear anything but. My chronic shin splints are gone, my knees don’t hurt anymore, my calves are bigger/stronger/more ripped than they’re ever been, given all these benefits I no longer care if I get a few looks from folks now and then. Life’s just too short.
Have had my Treks (http://www.rei.com/product/798243?preferredSku=7982430089&cm_mmc=cse_froogle-_-datafeed-_-product-_-7982430089&mr:trackingCode=AB651A4F-3026-DF11-BAA3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA ) a week, time for a review:
Pros-
-lugged sole has better traction than regular VFFs on loose/muddy ground
-good water resistance
-K100 leather feels nice against your skin
-Treks look less extreme, esp with long pants
-more protection for walking or running over sharp objects, a little thicker sole
Cons-
-more padding and thicker sole decreases foot awareness & sensitivity
-not my first choice for training, you can’t get that awesome deck gripping feeling for squats, DLs, etc
-nearly impossible to find (in common sizes), everyone is sold out, I’ve been told new shipments won’t be in until August 2010
Summery- if VFFs are your thing than you need a pair of Treks. Wear em when it’s wet out, or when a casual looking shoe won’t cut it (I’m wearing my Treks to work in, and will be attending a wedding soon, they should work fine). Treks would be great for hiking over rough terrain or hiking with a heavy pack. But if you’ve come to love the minimalist feel of VFFs, than the KSO is what you’ll probably wear most of the time. Also the Trek might be good for someone wanting to ease into the barefoot thing, it’s less of a shock.
VFF fan Patrick Sweeney won the Palos Verdes Marathon this past weekend in 2:37:14 while rocking his Sprints…http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/ci_15096520
Good write-up on the book “BAREFOOT RUNNING: HOW TO RUN LIGHT AND FREE BY GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THE EARTH”
[quote]Mad HORSE wrote:
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
Xen Nova, if you’re still reading, I really enjoyed the Parkour videos. Thanks for posting them.[/quote]
Go out and try it and make your own videos.
Let me add, I love parkour, but I’m no David Belle. I try and keep things to about one story.[/quote]
You know, I’d love to, but I seriously worry that I’d kill myself. I do like to play in ways that I guess, now that I’ve seen it, are Parkour-like. But I have coordination issues. I was thinking about the videos on the way to work yesterday and wondering if they’re choreographed or if people actually gauge distances between steel bars as they’re running full out up an embankment so they can dive between them, or really vault wells they haven’t sized first.
But me, I’d smash my face into something the very first day and lose all my teeth and be sad. It does look incredibly exhilarating, though.
they plan out the routes and test distances and stuff before running it in one, they might be crazy but they aint stupid
[quote]Hog Ear wrote:
VFF fan Patrick Sweeney won the Palos Verdes Marathon this past weekend in 2:37:14 while rocking his Sprints…http://www.dailybreeze.com/sports/ci_15096520[/quote]
Here’s a pic
http://dailybreeze.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=29511367&event=1004867&CategoryID=0
[quote]caveman101 wrote:
they plan out the routes and test distances and stuff before running it in one, they might be crazy but they aint stupid[/quote]
I guess I’m stupid; I’ve never planned a route. Then again, as stated, I’m no David Belle. I’m not going to do anything that would get me too seriously hurt (other than wrecking my bike).
I’ve found that the most applicable real world use of parkour is in Hashing. For instance, we were *unning along a stream that came to a waterfall (about a 12 foot drop) in Okinawa. Instead of stopping and climbing down, I continued to run, sped up and jumped out to spin around a convenient tree and control my descent that way, kinda like on a stripper pole. The people who were there thought it was amazing, but I still had to run to finish to drink beer.
Bastards even called me out in the Circle to DownDown because of the “Amazing Hash Moment.” Thanks, guys.
New article worth checking out… Not Found | WBUR
Did anyone catch the Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel Episode on the 18th where they talked about barefoot running?
Here is the link to the show synopsis:
http://www.hbo.com/real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel/index.html#/real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel/episodes/0/158-may-18-2010/synopsis.html
^ I saw that, it was really interesting. they talked with top guys from nike, and it seemed like everyone was getting behind the barefoot biomechanics movement for better joints, muscle stability etc