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12 days of running:
1st week
Total miles: 40
Number of running sessions: 6
Barefoot miles: about 2, in one session
Five Finger miles: 2
2nd week: This was a funny week. We’re on holiday so lots of trekking in the Rockies so have so far only done one run, 7 miles, with just the last three quarters of a mile in bare feet. On tarmac, but the tarmac where I’m staying in Canada is very smooth read more
Weekly miles: 31
Barefoot miles: 1
I’m a bit disappointed to say that this week I’ve only run a mile with no shoes on. I raced on Saturday, and I’m not in any barefoot shape at the moment to race with no shoes (especially a fell race in Yorkshire), and I was going to do Sunday’s easy 10 miler in my Five Fingers but having broken my little toe it’s still not comfortable to squash it into read more
A bit of a rambling introduction - future posts won't be this long, I promise - about how I came to start running in bare feet, with a couple of setbacks (a gashed open heel from some rusty barbed wire and a broken little toe) to test my determination on the way.