Re: The Trail-running thread
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:09 pm
I was into trail ultras back in the 1990s.
I always ran in high-tops for the extra support. My ankles are weak and I always have trouble with sprains. My arch also collapsed over the years, I presume from running 30 miles every weekend. I went from a size 11 to a size 13 in a few years.
Eventually I blew my meniscus at mile 25 of a 30-mile Ultra (1998) and I've never been able to get back into ultras. At my my peak, I ran an ultramarathon every weekend over the summer (8 to 10 ultras).
Most of my running was in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado:
Mosquito Marathon
Road Apple Trail
Hermosa Ceek Trail
Sandia Peak (La Luz, Embudo, Embudito, etc.)
Paharito
Etc.
Somewhere in the hills outside of Farmington, New Mexico
I always ran in high-tops for the extra support. My ankles are weak and I always have trouble with sprains. My arch also collapsed over the years, I presume from running 30 miles every weekend. I went from a size 11 to a size 13 in a few years.
Eventually I blew my meniscus at mile 25 of a 30-mile Ultra (1998) and I've never been able to get back into ultras. At my my peak, I ran an ultramarathon every weekend over the summer (8 to 10 ultras).
Most of my running was in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado:
Mosquito Marathon
Road Apple Trail
Hermosa Ceek Trail
Sandia Peak (La Luz, Embudo, Embudito, etc.)
Paharito
Etc.
Somewhere in the hills outside of Farmington, New Mexico