Dai

• Total weekly miles

6 hours, 10 mins running, approximately 36 miles

• Number of running sessions

4 runs, 2 long, 2 of one hour each

• Total weekly barefoot mile

Again, none this week, partly because of a blister.

• Number of barefoot running sessions

0

• Running terrain

Mostly flat, on a mixture of pavement, dirt tracks and road.

• Ground surface of barefoot runs

N/A

• Runs in minimalist shoes, e.g. Five Fingers.

Both long runs in my lunas, one short one in my Evos.  Unfortunately, the new hemp laces in my lunas proved to be far too abrasive in my first long run this week.  I developed a pretty big friction burn read more

• Total weekly miles

4 hours of running, don’t know how far.

• Number of running sessions

An easy week of 4x1hour runs.

• Total weekly barefoot mile

None, I ran shod to give the blister I developed last week a chance to heal.

• Number of barefoot running sessions

0

• Running terrain

Mostly flat, on a mixture of pavement, dirt tracks and road.

• Ground surface of barefoot runs

N/A

• Runs in minimalist shoes, e.g. Five Fingers.

3 runs in my Vivobarefoot Evos, with socks.  I thought the added padding of socks would help the blister.  Last run in my Lunas.  I put the hemp laces on this time, as my leather ones read more

• Total weekly miles

35ish miles.

• Number of running sessions

5 (3×60 minutes, 1×80 minutes, 1×120 minutes)

• Total weekly barefoot mile

5ish miles.

• Number of barefoot running sessions

1.

• Running terrain

Mostly flat, on a mixture of pavement, dirt tracks and road.

• Ground surface of barefoot runs

Mixture of pavement, grass and dirt tracks, again, I tried to stay on pavement as much as possible.

• Runs in minimalist shoes, e.g. Five Fingers.

Lunas when not barefoot.

• Weather for barefoot runs (rain on road?)

Dry weather for my barefoot run this week.  Generally, the weather has been better this week than last, although I did get caught read more

• Total weekly miles

27.6 miles.

• Number of running sessions

4 (3×60 minutes, 1×120 minutes)

• Total weekly barefoot mile

8 miles.

• Number of barefoot running sessions

1.

• Running terrain

Mostly flat, on a mixture of pavement, dirt tracks and road.

• Ground surface of barefoot runs

Mixture of pavement, grass and dirt tracks, but I tried to stay on pavement as much as possible.  Need to keep this up to try and toughen my soles.

• Runs in minimalist shoes, e.g. Five Fingers.

Lunas when not barefoot.

• Weather for barefoot runs (rain on road?)

All three runs in my Lunas were in gale force winds.  My barefoot run mixed heavy rain (for the whole 2 read more

• Total weekly miles

Second week of heart rate training – 30.3 miles in total.

• Number of running sessions

4 (2×60 minutes, 1×90 minute, 1x105minutes)

• Total weekly barefoot mile

8 miles.

• Number of barefoot running sessions

2.

• Running terrain

Mostly flat, on a mixture of pavement, dirt tracks and road.

• Ground surface of barefoot runs

Mixtture of pavement, grass and dirt tracks.

• Runs in minimalist shoes, e.g. Five Fingers.

Lunas when not barefoot.

• Weather for barefoot runs (rain on road?)

One run in pouring rain, others dry but cool.  I ended up having to take off my Lunas in the rain, the footbed just got too slippery and uncomfortable.  read more

Well, as a “well done” present to myself after the 10k last week, I made a couple of purchases…  First was entry into the Bristol half marathon in September.  Second was a heart rate monitor (a cheap one, only abou £20 from Amazon) and a book about heart rate training (Maffetone’s Big Book of Endurance Running).  After spending a couple of days reading, I decided to follow read more