Running in sand: Sennheiser training content
While many of you are spending this year's summer holidays in the UK with the lure of the Olympic Games (and BA's adverts!) encouraging you to stay at home, you can still enjoy the beach life - and keep fit - with our latest Sennheiser training content.
runsmoother: Revealing the bare facts in the sand
There are few greater pleasures than running barefoot on the beach in the summer, and, not only is it a great workout for your cardiovascular system and strength-endurance, but it can reveal a few home truths about your running style.
Sand is a great tool for perfecting running technique and the savvy runner will make good use of both soft, dry sand and firmer, wet sand to do this.
Running on the beach and breathing in the sea air is one of running’s great pleasures, and, not only does it feel good, but it boosts your fitness levels too.
Wet and soft sand offers resistance that develops strength-endurance as it works all of the lower leg muscles, ligaments and tendons against the resistance of the sand. The most effective way of doing this is to run barefoot, but you should beware of moving straight from running in shoes on tarmac to running barefoot on a beach.
Running on a softer surface means that you sink lower and so put extra stretch and load on your achilles tendon and so this needs to be done gradually so that you don’t wind up with an achilles tendon injury. It’s not only about the lower legs though. When you run on sand you will notice that you work hard to drive your knee through and so your hips and even your arms get a great workout as they go through a greater range of movement working against the resistance.