Monthly Archives: April 2010

Distance: 41.25

Sessions: 3

BF Sessions: 1

BF Miles: .5

Terrain: Road, gravel, bike path

BF Surface: Bike Path during heavy rain.

Runs in VFF:3

BF Weather: About 55 degrees, very wet and rainy

Feet Condition: Just fine

Comments:  I… Continue reading

In an effort to clear up my Achilles tendon issue I’ve now operated on my shoes once again.
I did this a while ago as detailed on an earlier post . This time, I’ve cut… Continue reading

Started out this week with a night long slow run on Sunday. I decided that I would try for 9 miles in my barefeet even though I did not feel that well (had a festive evening the night before). I… Continue reading

So for the remainder of Week 4 I did my standard 3-5 miles barefoot each day (other than Friday which is a rest day). Saturday morning was a track workout and I decided that I would run in my VFFs… Continue reading

Sunday: Starting the week off with a 5mi evening barefoot run. New route, well old route, but newly barefooted route. Good one! Definitely run it again. Feet felt great during and after the run. Find I run on the painted… Continue reading

I had a much needed “down” week this week. A combination of the last 3 weeks milage increase and being out of town convinced me that I was due for a bit less milage. I play in a rock band… Continue reading

Monday 2mi sock run on treadmill.  Easy, quick run

Wednesday: 11.5mi long run, barefoot. Feet were great until about mile 9 or so..then the rawness and overstimulation kicked in and I felt every little pebble. Good run overall, feet recovered… Continue reading

Total weekly miles: 21 miles.

Total BF miles: 3.5

Barefoot Sessions: 4

Terrain: Ran the majority over gravel, but I did run over gravel and trails. Did about a mile on trails.

No minimalist shoes, ran the balance of the… Continue reading

23 total mile Launch and Nike free

4 mi BF (3 runs, 2mi, .5,  1.5)

Warm weather, all on asphalt.

So I took off my shoes and ran and got a…..”you know those are supposed to go on your feet… Continue reading

Well, I was unable to do any running this weekend. First it was because of the camp out I took my son on. Then it turns out I had a bad burger at a local road-side dinner on Friday night… Continue reading