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I consider myself a relatively new runner myself, having only run off and on for two or three years, but being really religious for the last 7 months or so. I'm currently at between 25-30 miles a week, with 3 short days, 2 medium days, and 1 long day a week.. From everything I've read about running, let your body be your guide. If your knees hurt with shoes, try different shoes. If they still hurt with shoes, but you feel fine barefoot, run barefoot. One thing however, you might make sure you're stretching out properly. If you do not stretch out properly then you're going to hurt. Don't "bounce", etc. For a great site on strecthing, see Dr. Jenkins Stretching page, at: http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/index.html. Some people I know like running on dirt, some asphalt (I have yet to meet the masochist who likes concrete). Personally I like warm asphalt (it's nice and squishy) or grass; sand is the suck ass pits and dirt is ok, but around here lately you can't find dirt without finding mud and my wife hates it when I come home with muddy shoes. On the shoes thing, one thing I've learned is don't necessarily wait for the shoes tread to fail before you replace them. The support padding in the arches can go out before the tread, and several people have told me to replace my shoes every 500 miles or so (and they don't work for the shoe shop). If you're running in new shoes that aren't broken in (based on the pair I'm "working in" right now, it took about 30 miles before they started to feel reasonably comfortable), then it's not a bad idea to switch one day on the older shoes (broken in), and one day on the new shoes, until the new shoes feel comfortable. You can also donate the old shoes to charity because someone will use them, and if you're going through shoes every 4 months or so then you can feel good about giving them away. If you want some more info on beginning running, the "Runners World" web-site has some good info on it. http://www.runnersworld.com. Good luck, safe running, Ken -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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