Mile run

[Scythe13]

The 'average person' was a term of a friend at college doing sport science. But I really doubt that the typical person off the street could step up to that pace haha.

If you're going to use ankle weights, DON'T!!! Same as heavy squats for exercise!!! DON'T!!! My knees crunch now because of a mix of all of the above.

Ankle weights over extend the knee and they make the impact for the ankle too intense. I used to have 2 lots of ankle weights at uni when training for UTMB, and it's done some harsh damage. If you're going to go weighted, get a weight vest. Reebok do a pretty good one. Looks like a cool flakjacket!


As for running on the road or grass, because I run wearing Vibram 5 Finger shoes, my running style has had to change! When most people run they put the heel down first, and then the weight of their body rolls across the foot.....after massively jarring the knee joint with the impact! With the V5Fs you have to run with your toes touching down first, and then the heel, which allows the ball of the foot to flex (what it's apparently made for) which dissipated the shock of the impact before the knee joint is put to use in the stride (how intelligent do I sound!?!?!?!?!?) So basically, instead of the impact of running goes through your knee joint like when you run heel first, the shock is absorbed and the knee joint is saved, by running with the V5Fs.

As a result of the science above, I run on concrete, pavements, rooftops (no joke, but not wearing a pack), on the sand, on grass, in the woods, and places like that. It's a good experience and a hell of an education to find out how much damage I was doing by training wrongly.