Returned from a few days away. Slightly scaled-down training week and more lessons learned, as detailed below. Also some comments about probably one of the most common running injuries — Runner’s Knee.
Friday 21 August
Just a short run today… Continue reading
A fun filled day today, starting with a gentle hilly jog to work of 7.6 miles. No barefooting, but lots of thinking about it. Mainly how much I was beginning to dislike running in clumpy road shoes.
I was thinking… Continue reading
Most of us who run have a lot of time, energy and miles invested in our current state of fitness and we don’t really want to sacrifice any of that as we start to run barefoot. We know that we… Continue reading
This was not a totally barefoot run, I merely added a barefoot section to the end of my 7-mile road run this evening. With a mile to go, I ditched the shoes (Filas) and socks, and ran up the hill… Continue reading
We had a prospective new member run with us at the club last week. He’s young, plays a bit of football and runs a bit of cross country. He was running in shoes that looked like the sort he might… Continue reading
Today’s run was very significant.
The past 3 days have seen 2 runs over Dartmoor in Devon, one of 2hrs and the other of 40 mins in Terrocs. Camping in Devon for 3 days, the feet were either in… Continue reading
What has amazed me since the publication of Christopher McDougall’s excellent book is the lack of coverage the running magazines have given barefoot running. Whilst the national press have seen the subject worthy of quite large articles, the running press… Continue reading
Yesterday evening was an easy road run with my local running club of about 5 miles in the Filas.
This morning overcome by a rush of wisdom I ran barefoot on the road for a strictly limited… Continue reading
Saturday was a gentle road run in the Filas of about 6 miles, running the last hill back to home barefoot (the hill as about 400m long).
Feet were still a bit sore from the old blisters.
On the… Continue reading
Easy 4m road run in Fila shoes.
These shoes feel quite ‘clumpy’, certainly not much cushioning and very different to what I’m used to. They don’t feel bad though.
Finished the run with a short (quarter mile) walk barefoot which… Continue reading
