Yeah, stopped wearing any structured trainers at the same time as switching running style, although it's funny to see them coming back in now with Hokas, etc. Gone full circle.

Interested to get in to barefoot/natural running. Started properly distance running in July to improve my 5k time (20:30) and for the Paris marathon. Built up to 40-50 miles a week and got my 5k down to 18:30 by November and was on track for a solid marathon time. Unfortunately got stress fracture in my fibula just before Christmas. It’s healing, but slowly, and I’ll be out of running for another few months. Pretty sure it’s a combination of overtraining, and also unnatural force due to cushioned shoes (even though I was using zero drop Altra Torins) compensating for other muscle/tendon weakness.

Are there any shops or clinics in London who specialise in barefoot?

Any FUK'ers having Garmin Connect issues? App ain't synching yesterdays (15/02) data and I've undertaken all the usual bluetooth and app renewal advice and have tried uploading via Express and even a .fit file to Strava with no luck.

Edit - sorted. Corrupt file, proper ballache trynna fix it and then upload it to Connect and Strava. As an aside dont forget the FUKRun group on Strava.

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/17/695536837/colorado-man-tells-his-mountain-lion-attack-story
A Colorado trail runner was attacked by a mountain lion earlier this month. Travis Kauffman managed to defend himself by killing the juvenile lion with his bare hands.

some impromptu mma training while out on a jog