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my alltime favourite for every activity, lifting, rowing, running. Currently I have 4 or 5 pairs of them. Makes my future decision consideration quite simple.
I run in them, on the street and trails. Usually around 10km and jogged in the late spring a training marathon in them.
I developed a forefoot stride years ago, never peoblems with knees, the calf and achilles take some longer time to be getting used to it.
The approach is a very important aspect. In my opinion the most sound and foolproove method/approach is 'slow jogging'
Jogging as a 'natural' 'minimal' 'fundamental' 'reset' 'cross movement pattern' 'mitochondrial' 'endocanabinoid prodocing' 'anti aging' 'muscle preserving' 'mambo jambo' ...activity must not be the thing for broomsticks only although that helps for running performance.
My weight is around 85kg on 178cm, probably not the runners built.
I actually run for aerobic development, relaxation and recovery.
There are some good rule of thumbs:
- hr between 115bpm and 135 (mostly depending ob length)
- at around 120bpm (two beats per second) the heart gets a good towards max dilation and almost complete ejection of the containing blood
- the lower the intensity, the more on the fat/carbs continuum it goes towards fat in the use of substrates
- lower intensities/hr train the 'slow fibers' mitochondria which can handle lactate from high intensity work
- when I use an intensity and duration I can handle on a regular basis, almost daily then I am in the realm of base building harvesting low hanging aerobic food. I know from experience that this is for me around an hour @ around 120bpm.
- all breathing through the nose
Healthy running is mostly determined by the intensity in my opinion. I don't care that I am running like a snail. With some training I run like a fast one...