3/28/11
PM: Out and back to Guilford Green on the bike. (13mi; 51min). Stopped to do my very first barefoot run on pavement. (5min 12sec).
3/29/11
PM: Up and down East Rock trails in NB Minimus Road with Jess. Shouldn't have done this run. Was very cranky afterward due to nagging hamstring tendonitis. (4mi; 47min). Strength training at NHHR with Jess.
3/30/11
AM: To Branford train station on the bike. (5mi; 21min).
PM: From Branford train station on the bike. (5mi; 20min). Second barefoot run on pavement in Stony Creek. (9min 30sec).
3/31/11
PM: Strength training at NHHR with Jess.
4/1/11
PM: Third barefoot run on pavement in Guilford. Wet pavement made for very cold feet. (10min 57sec).
4/2/11
Strength training at NHRR; then biked out on 146 for a bit. (7mi; 28min).
4/3/11
Dropped Jess off at the Bimblers Bash 10k(ish) trail race in Guilford and then drove over to the Green. Fourth barefoot run on pavement. Felt great. See video below. (15min 6sec).
Total barefoot miles: 3.5
My goal is to not run a single shod mile during the month of April (that's what I meant in my previous post).
4 comments:
yay for barefoot Ryan!
I did my very first race in the 5Fs and got a little too much attention because of them - but running in them felt really good. I can't say they made me any slower. faster on the hills for sure.
sweet. yes, people tend to gawk at them. it's annoying.
nice race.
i can run barefoot only so far before the soles of my feet start to hurt, so i figure if i limit my running to barefoot while injured (and maybe even after it heals), it'll heal up quicker. i've done a few 5 minute treadmill barefoot runs and now 4 pavement barefoot runs and my feet can already tolerate longer barefoot runs. it's a lot of fun. maybe my next marathon will be barefoot (or in VFFs or some other flat shoe).
I'm still far away from a full marathon in the 5Fs, but maybe in a year or so... my feet are a little sore now, but not bad. I've taken them on trails a couple of times these past two weeks and it hasn't been bad either. I like the idea of totally barefoot running. I should try it again (last time I tried i ended up with blood-filled blisters... rocky trail). it's awesome :)
You're not that far away.; you're half way there!
Find some flat, smooth pavement/concrete to practice on. Even though the 5Fs are pretty much as close to barefoot as you can get, being barefoot it still a completely different animal.
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