Running on sand for about 6-10 miles twice a week. Those of you who do not have sand, well…buy PC or order a bunch of sand. Or buy a little bit of sand and run in place or in circles. It gets all over the place but results are there.
Gilbert
or one leg drills, … a whole lot cheaper too!
Funny you should bring this up. I moved to an area of the country where there are sandy dirt roads nearby, and I run on them a lot. It seems to teach you NOT to push off as hard, but to pick your legs up quicker…sort of like I think the Pose technique talks about. I find that I have to run on the road every once in a while, if I don’t I get cramps high in my calves when I do a running race on the road…it’s as if my calves aren’t used to the pushoff that I do on a firm surface, compared to the slippery sandy surface.
Running on sand sure seems to me to have a place in training!
Gilbert,
Don’t be silly… In order for something to be better than PC’s it would have to be (even) more expensive than PC’s. You can’t have that placebo effect if you don’t spend a LOT of money!
So running on sand won’t do… now if you said it had to be sand imported from Tahiti or the Maldives… hmmmm… I might be on to something here, maybe I’ll be able to quit my real job and work on something triathlon-related… maybe I’ll even get another degree… this sounds good! 
Paulo
There are actually quite a few triathlons that have runs on sand. Usually it’s not more than a mile or so, but man does it hurt. Especially if it’s the last mile…
I’ve heard that the black sand from Hawaii is the best. It will give you ‘hip flexors of steel.’
Wrong, JAJ, it will give you heat treated flexors. That black sand is ground up lava. 
See, the advantage of running is sand is not just strong hip flexors but also strong stabilizing muscles in the ankles, knees, calfs, etc.
Running at the beach.
Running on sand is great, but don’t overdo it. Can cause a lot of problems, not the least of which is aggravated ITB.
not the least of which is aggravated ITB
And a disease akin to tinnitus, in which the theme from “Chariots of Fire” won’t stop ringing in your ears.
-Zo
Thanks, Zo. I’ve got a long run tomorrow, and now I guess I know what the accompanying soundtrack is going to be.
Dang.
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Sex
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Beer.
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Sex.
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Food.
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Sex.
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Hot chicks.
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Sex.
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Maker’s Mark
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Sex
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Sex.
who is TriSherri and what does she look like?
Man, nice list. Fully agree, and you nailed it with the Maker’s Mark.
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In response to: Running on sand sure seems to me to have a place in training!
RVP wrote: It certainly does if you have to race on sand.
And that is EXACTLY what we raced on at Cheraw, SC. Sand roads…some of it so deep that you could barely keep moving forward. You should do that race next year!
This should be an all new thread by itself!