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<blockquote data-quote="stevetheupsguy" data-source="post: 832282" data-attributes="member: 9662">Okay, so it&#039;s been 4 months since my last run, and that was my marathon, which of course I Re-BQ&#039;d at. So I started back slowly, only logging 8 miles my first week, with my best run @ 7:30 pace for 2 miles. This Saturday I will try to run a straight 5 miles at this same pace. On another note, I&#039;ve been hearing a lot about minimal shoes and forefoot running, which got me to thinking. I decided I would try to run on my forefeet in a quasi minimal shoe. I ran this past Tuesday. It was raining and (warm) windy, which felt really good. I quit, after a mile at a 7:23 pace, thinking I didn&#039;t want to push too much, too soon, though i felt like I could continue for few more miles. I did not let my heels strike the ground, at all.&nbsp;That was 2 days ago, and let me tell you how much pain I have in my calves right now. Every step I took today was agonizing, but I think this will work for me in the long run, literally and figuratively. BTW, the pain I feel is not from having broken/torn/sprained/strained something. The pain is from working muscles that haven&#039;t been used, REALLY HARD!!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stevetheupsguy, post: 832282, member: 9662"] Okay, so it's been 4 months since my last run, and that was my marathon, which of course I Re-BQ'd at. So I started back slowly, only logging 8 miles my first week, with my best run @ 7:30 pace for 2 miles. This Saturday I will try to run a straight 5 miles at this same pace. On another note, I've been hearing a lot about minimal shoes and forefoot running, which got me to thinking. I decided I would try to run on my forefeet in a quasi minimal shoe. I ran this past Tuesday. It was raining and (warm) windy, which felt really good. I quit, after a mile at a 7:23 pace, thinking I didn't want to push too much, too soon, though i felt like I could continue for few more miles. I did not let my heels strike the ground, at all. That was 2 days ago, and let me tell you how much pain I have in my calves right now. Every step I took today was agonizing, but I think this will work for me in the long run, literally and figuratively. BTW, the pain I feel is not from having broken/torn/sprained/strained something. The pain is from working muscles that haven't been used, REALLY HARD!!! [/QUOTE]

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