Aqua Runner Views

General Goods

To find out, I requested a pair from Walmart for this review. After months of cutting through the bureaucratic red tape, I was on the verge of procuring a pair when their background check on me revealed that I am a pseudo-officer in my professional trade union. Instead of receiving a pair of aqua socks, I received a letter warning me that Walmart would eliminate all o"Barefoot Runnero" positions in stores world-wide if I continued my subversive organized labor tactics. Well, it appeared as though I would have to buy them myself. I returned a garbage bag full of beer bottles (the benefit of Michigan1's $.10 deposit on recyclable cans and bottles) to afford the steep $8 price tag. Wet'll see how the 2010 incarnation of the Walmart Aqua Socks fare.

Aqua-running is advocated as part of rehabilitation for injured runners. It is also ideal for cross training. So it can be integrated into a full-scale training program. It is running-specific which actually makes it better than all other forms of cross-training. It is also a good exercise during recovery periods such as post-marathons or long racing seasons.

So, does aqua-jogging benefit “real

Olympic level athletes have incorporated aqua-running into recovery & rehabilitation training. I have used it with numerous athletes myself and definitely conclude it will help almost any runner i– injured or not. I had one runner who aqua-ran 3 times a week and run on land only once per week over a 2-3 months. We gradually increased runs on land and despite months of away from regular training she was able to race a 5k as fast as she did previous to the layoff. I have another previously injury prone runner who incorporates it into his regular weekly workouts. He has remained injury free for almost two years now.