|
|
|
|
fbleagh
Newbie
|
|
|
Joined: 29 Aug 2006
Posts: 11
|
| Back to top
|
|
 Posted: 08/30/06 - 21:09 Post subject:
Currently I'm using the grass strip that runs beside our concrete footpaths here. Thankfully where I live this is the norm 
There are also a couple of reasonable trails around too
|
|
|
|
|
MM
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 04 Apr 2003
Posts: 611
Location: Next door to Crazy Mary
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 08/31/06 - 09:09 Post subject:
Much of my easy runnning is done on grass & dirt. Most of my long runs and speedwork are done on pavement because that's where my races are. There's a theory that if you run on nothing but soft surfaces and then try to race a marathon on pavement, the legs will not respond kindly. Call it the rule of specificity.
|
|
|
|
|
JustRun
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
Posts: 25
Location: Southern California
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 10/01/06 - 03:58 Post subject:
My order of preference
Grass > Dirt Trails > Asphalt > Sidewalk
Anyone care to explain the deal with running on grass barefooted? Helps build ankle muscle?
Thanks!
|
|
|
|
|
ajhuffman1
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 17 Dec 2005
Posts: 17
Location: Upstate New York
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 10/04/06 - 16:33 Post subject:
When I was a new runner sidewalk was my training surface, however I have now gone to road running-asphalt (which is softer) however my shorter training runs I prefer Trail or running along the Erie Canal in the Syracuse area- Crushed stone
|
|
|
|
|
JohnM90
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 18 Sep 2006
Posts: 89
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 10/04/06 - 17:29 Post subject:
I used to run mainly on roads but I started having some leg problems because of the slanted roads and now I mainly run on either sidewalks or bike paths. I usually have one track work-out a week also.
|
|
|
|
|
signal
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 16
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 10/05/06 - 02:48 Post subject:
I run on mainly asphalt streets out of convenience right out the door. But I'm worried as my miles increase that the slanted streets will take their toll. I try to run in the middle as much as i can.
|
|
|
|
|
ncage1974
Newbie
|
|
|
Joined: 25 Mar 2006
Posts: 10
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 10/08/06 - 16:11 Post subject: what i like
Well i started out running on Concrete unfortunatly. My neighboorhoods streets are made of concrete and i did not know any better. It tore up my legs especially considering at the time i was 225. I went a little farther outside the neighboorhood to ashpalt streets after i learned concrete was hard on you. It was better but the roads have so much slope and unevenness that it caused runnners knee. I now run two areas. In a park we have in the middle of the city that is very flat with no slope at all. Its great it took all my pain away. I also run on a bike/running trail we have near my house while not as wide as the park is also very nice to run on because its very flat. Both of these are asphalt. So my preference would be flat asphalt and then i hate concrete but its the only two things ive ran on. I am not away of any trails for runners around my area or i would run on them.
Ncage
|
|
|
|
|
JohnM90
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 18 Sep 2006
Posts: 89
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 10/08/06 - 18:19 Post subject: Re: what i like
| ncage1974 wrote: | "especially considering at the time i was 225."
|
I'm guessing that's a typo.
|
|
|
|
|
signal
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 16
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 10/09/06 - 02:51 Post subject:
i found a loop close to my house that is crushed limestone and its great.
|
|
|
|
|
Curtis24
Newbie
|
|
|
Joined: 20 Sep 2006
Posts: 7
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 10/09/06 - 19:20 Post subject:
Does running on grass really make that much of a difference?
|
|
|
|
|
MechEngDropout
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 27 Jun 2003
Posts: 10474
Location: Off the grid
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 10/09/06 - 20:18 Post subject:
| Curtis24 wrote: | | Does running on grass really make that much of a difference? |
Grass is much, much, much softer than concrete. If you're having joint problems or "pounding" issues, try some grass. It's much harder to run on (because it is that much softer), but it'll make you faster and when you get onto a hard surface like concrete or asphalt, you can go much faster. But I do agree with MM, if you always train on grass, a hard long race on roads is not going to feel good. Mix it up.
|
|
|
|
