Quite honestly, I don’t do what I do because of what the Tarahumara do. I do
what I do because I feel it works best for me. I’m not anti-technology, if I
was I wouldn’t wear a Garmin either or use my iPod on some of my training
runs. I wouldn’t use energy gels or a fancy hydration pack. I extol the
virtues of less intervention with our feet because I think that it makes
biomechanical sense, but at the end of the day each runner needs to decide
for themselves what is right for them and allows them to run happy and
injury free. I’m more than happy to use technology where I think it is
appropriate.

Science: http://www.scienceofrunning.co….
It’s also worth noting that use of compression socks is common practice in
hospitals as a way of improving blood flow.

Pete

Aaron and others – there will be a post on that soon. Didn’t want to clutter
the recap with shoe talk!

Pete

We’ll see…too far ahead to plan yet!

Thanks for the advice – it’s always appreciated, unsolicited or not!

You could be right – no scaps or ecaps for me. Is there a rule of thumb for
how often to take those? The salted potatoes, gels, and Gatorade at aid
stations was all I took. My quads were also just beat down from lack of
sufficient hill training.