The most frequent question that barefoot runners ask me is, “Why does the top of my foot hurt?” Second, “Why do the insides of my ankles hurt?” I will go a bit backward with my posts, because I’ve gotten two inside ankle pain questions in the past two weeks. I will try to address top of the foot pain in my next one. First of all, what is Too Much Too Soon Syndrome (TMTS)? TMTS is very common among us newly converted barefoot or minimalist runners. Many of us have tried for years to run in traditional shoes and failed to run injury free, or failed to meet our goals, or just failed to run happy! Running happy is the most important thing of all. So, that being said, when we start running barefoot or even in Vibrams, something funny happens to us. The first time, it’s a little weird…
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