Running Tips For Beginners To Pros
Running Tips
What should I spend on running shoes?
Running shoes can cost anywhere from $50 to $180, but cost is not the best indicator of a shoe’s suitability for you. The best running shoes are the ones that fit properly, grip and protect your feet on all terrain and cause you no problems over a successful life together. Most runners find that mid-range shoes offer the best trade-off between value and technical sophistication.
Try this
When you buy new shoes write a use-by date on the heel, based on your weekly mileage and an approximate lifespan of 500 miles. When you reach the date, examine the shoes carefully for signs of wear and tear.
Different surfaces
Stability, cushioned and motion control shoes are all designed for running and racing on roads and pavements. If you are going to do most of your running off-road, buy trail running shoes, which have a studded rubber outsole to give you better grip, and a tougher, more durable upper.
Try this
For a foolproof way of keeping your laces fastened during a run, try the fell runner’s knot. Just tie the laces as though you were making a normal simple bow with a loop on either side of the middle. Before you pull the bow tight, take the right loop and feed it over and back on itself through the middle opening. Pulling on either loose lace will untie the bow.
Running Tips – Equipment
Water Carriers
A hand-held bottle used to be the only way to carry water on a run, but now you can find dozens of specially designed belts, bottles and backpacks to make your life easier. Some even come with drinking hoses to make it yet simpler to take in fluid on the move.
Sunglasses
These are increasingly important for runners. They protect eyes from damaging ultraviolet sunlight, cut down glare and, with the right colored lenses, improve your visibility. Yellow lenses work best with low light conditions, blue or brown with strong sunlight. They are not an item to skimp on because poor sunglasses are worse than wearing none at all because they fool the eye into thinking it is protected, with the result that the pupil dilates more, letting in harmful UV light.