A Simple Life of Luxury

Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means

Tagged: Shoes

The Lifespan of Running Shoes 1

Fitness

The Lifespan of Running Shoes

You may not have noticed by my lack of posts about running here but once again I haven’t been running due to injury. I had to stop running last year at the end of July due to knee pain which then became shin pain and a suspected stress fracture. An MRI scan didn’t show too...

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Triathlon

Triathlon Cycling Shoes for a Fast Transition

My never ending quest to get faster feet continues. It worked quite well with my recent purchase of some new race shoes for running. A few days after buying them I wore them for the first time in a race and put in a massive personal best for a 5km run. So, with that success...

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Triathlon

Barefoot Running

I’ve been thinking about the idea of barefoot running for a while and was recently lent a book called Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. It’s an inspirational and eye-opening book about a tribe of long distance runners from Mexico and a group of elite ultra-distance runners from around the world. They don’t all run...

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Fitness

Buying Running Shoes

I’ve always had funny feet. I’ve walked on my toes since I was a toddler so not only do I have very tight achilles tendons and skinny calves but my feet are a funny shape too. Whenever I’ve seen a chiropodist they’ve just looked at them and said they’ve never seen anything like it! I’m...