re: Could an athletic kid run a 10k with zero training?

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I just hope his running style doesn’t give him shin splints or something fricked up over that distance.

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This/\ Before I got into jogging many years ago I only ran sprints and would run those on my toes. Running distance is a totally different approach and you use the whole foot starting at the heel and pushing off on the toes.

I got into distance running with a friend of mine and I can remember the first run I made with him at age 22 going 3 miles running like I did for sprints. My shins hurt like hell and I knew I had to change my stride, and did. Eventually got up to 10 miles at a 6 minute per mile pace.