Started my transition, whilst training for a half marathon, so was still running the bulk of my miles in Saucony Hurricanes (a stability shoe that I did NOT need).
Week 1: total barefoot miles, 1/4mi on the treadmill in socks (2 runs)
First run 1/8th of a mile on the treadmill :I was over the moon thrilled at how wonderful it felt on my feet to run without shoes. Fantastic little run
Second run: 1/8th of a mile
Week 2: 1/2mi socks on treadmill, at the gym so not braving breaking rules by not wearing anything on feet. Still getting shoeless feel. Form still feeling a little unnatural, forced fore/midfoot. Stiff sore calves
Week 3: No barefoot miles, race week.
Purchased Adizero PR racing flats, started wearing them immediately. Drastically reduced weekly mileage to around 10mpw.
Week 4: 1.5mi sock run on treadmill, still too cold to venture outside barefoot. Longest barefoot run thus far. Rest of the runs were in Adizero, still feeling a little forced onto the forefoot.
Week 5: First outdoor run, totally barefoot. It was freezing but I managed to squeak out 3/4mi. The bike path I run on usually is very rough, so I’ll admit I thought…oh boy, what am I getting myself into with this?
Week6: 4.5mi barefoot (nice enough out side…broken up into 2 runs), 4.5mi in adizero racing flats
Week7: Really increased weekly barefoot mileage. 11mi barefoot total for the week, 12mi in adizero. Had a fantastic 3.25mi run early that week pushing jogging stroller. Another run two days later on same terrain and it was horrible. Hurt! Had a huge epiphany that day and learned to really take it slow while transitioning feet and upping mileage on that particular surface.
Week8 (week ending March 27): weekly mileage 19, 12mi barefoot, 7mi adizero
Monday 2mi sock run on the treadmill
Tuesday 4mi barefoot run pushing jogging stroller
Thursday: 4mi adizero run
Saturday: ..9mi long run, 6mi barefoot (had to throw socks on for 1.5mi of it…path was really rough there), 3mi in adizero
How do you feel about your form with the jogging stroller? I have a double jogger and I feel like while I am trying to work on improving my form it is really hard to do with the jogger and I haven’t even attempted to push it while BFR!
sorry Katy, somehow I missed this…I’m still trying to figure out how this site works. haha
My form is ok with a jogger, different but not bad. I take it nice and slow, it’s tempting to put more weight onto the handle
than on my feet when my feet are getting sore though. Something I’m working on.
Some days I don’t have a choice but to run with the jogger, so I figure I better work on my form while
pushing it 🙂
GL
Feet are still feeling good, no blisters as thus far! (knock knock knock)