Quick Recovery for Bare Feet Running

I've often found that recovery from a long bare foot running is just as important than the run itself. I mean who wouldn't want to recover more quickly so that we can get back out there in the world to do the thing that we love doing for ourselves. This is where I've learned about quicker recoveries. Now I'm nowhere near a running professional but if its one main thing that I've learned is that water is one of your most important assets when it comes to running with bare feet. Not only during the run but also days after bare feet running is it still just as important. Getting oxygen to your muscles is important and water is one of the most important assets in accomplishing this task. Now of course this is common sense, but many people neglect it even in everyday life and choose by their own will to drink other things that may actually impose on the bodies ability to get oxygen to the muscles.

There are other means in which I use when I'm running bare foot and that is making sure to get the right nutrients into my body as well. Usually make sure a good source of protein in the morning and throughout the day and a myriad of vitamins... now I don't suggest everyone supplement vitamins as the sole nutrient and it's definitely going to be different for each individual but I find that a good multi-vitamin, a b-complex, and a good E,C, and D capsule is always a good shot at recovering your muscles quicker.

One more tip for bare feet running that I have used since my runs tend to extend longer then I initally think they will last is after the run, I tend to do a stretch which requires one to have your legs up straight against the wall to let the acids circulate back through the blood to allow some dissipation. This is crucial for me as I know its taken affect at the point in which my legs will tend to go numb for a short while and then get their feeling back. Here is an example, image of it courtesy of realityyoga.com

Here is where it gets good for all you bare feet running group and that is dating back to the Tarahumara tribe and what they use to help them recover quicker. There is something specific they use and it is all thanks to a book that I recently read called Born to Run by Christopher McDougall which really sinks into the heart of the bare feet running lifestyle. It is a book of what it means to know life and to live it to its fullest. You can read more about the philosophy behind the book and what I got out of it from my other blog Atomic Potential. Anyway what I wanted to get at is what is referred to in the book as a major energy booster which comes from the Chia Seed drink. This drink is relatively simple to make and it is said while running that it will lift the spirits of even the most exhausted of bare feet runners, and I can attest to this. I always drink this after I go bare feet running and I would have to say that it has helped me feel almost completely energized every single time.