mc2hill- Heh heh heh regarding the coyotes
IMO it`s akin to swimming- everybody oughta be able to do it well enough to stay alive, which is setting the bar pretty low.
And with running, the danger of overuse injury can be a huge concern. As I`ve posted countless times, *NOBODY* I`ve ever known IRL has stuck with it forever. It`s one of those "oh yeah, I used to [do that]! All the time, for years! But now...", invariable spoken by somebody who`s now completely out-of-shape.
Hey, speaking of which (got me thinking "shinsplints")...I wonder whether anybody else on this thread works their Tibialis Anterior, the muscle on the front of the lower leg. I do it with something called a "Dynamic Axial Resistance Device" ("DARD"), but I`ve never known anybody else IRL who uses one.
Much as I dislike running, various things, especially Life With Dogs, can require me to really RUN now and then, usually when I least expect it. I don`t incur injury doing so, which is more than I can say for a lot of folks I know. Used to be, running simply killed my shins and sometimes my ankles (that poor running technique again
), but that stopped once I started using the DARD on Lower Leg Day...just one set, every few weeks, not a big deal. Having a little extra meat in that area offers a bit of protection against bumps/bruises too.
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