Why you should choose your running surface with care
Live MintIt’s easy to put on a pair of sneakers and go for a run. Now, there are broadly five categories of surfaces that you could run on: concrete/cement, asphalt/gravel roads, grass and other natural terrain, treadmills, and a synthetic running track. Concrete is ten times harder than asphalt and/or gravel roads, and your joints will curse you after long running sessions on this surface. “When we run and walk, every surface has a different giveaway—when the legs are in impact with the surface—and the muscles and tendons act like a spring,” says Abha Bansal, a physiotherapist working in the US, with a special focus on endurance injuries. It’s almost like resistance training—so if you have plantar fasciitis issues, then you should be careful about running on grass,” says Bansal.
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