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I find it hard to believe that it is almost 2 years since I last wrote about my own barefoot running. Many weeks and miles have passed since I first tried running without shoes back in 2009. In the meantime the subject of running barefoot and also especially running in minimalist shoes has become mainstream.
Why have I left it so long to write about my own barefoot running. Well, for one thing it read more
Well, that is what it feels like. Last year, I could run 4 miles on the road without shoes. After a long winter and a late start due to calf injury, I am limited to about a mile before the feet begin to burn.
However, the good news is that the calf muscle is completely ok now and the long-standing Achilles tendon problem I had for most of last year seems to have gone too. So a green light is now read more
I managed to keep the calf intact for Paris Marathon; there was a strict ‘no barefoot’ policy in the couple of weeks leading up to the race.
The race passed in a fairly predictable manner; unusual for a marathon. My build up had been shorter than planned due to illness at the beginning of the year and I wasn’t expecting to break any records.
It is strange, the expectations we have read more
It seemed like an innocuous little session, just about about 4 miles with 4 quick bursts of about 600m. Just after the fourth I felt a slight pull in the left calf muscle. This felt more serious after the half mile climb back to the farm. When evening came it had tightened up considerably and was now rather painful. For the run I’d been wearing Inov-8s excellent f-light 230; more about these read more
Anyone who trains for running should have a purpose in mind for every run.
Sometimes it will be something very specific, like a long run as part of marathon training, or a speed session. Often though, it’s a recovery run, and those recovery runs may not achieve much except get the blood flowing and heart gently pumping for half an hour. However, it’s all too easy to fall into the trap read more
After a very long layoff from barefoot running, and quite a break from running in general, I’ve now managed to get back on track.
Winter is always going to present challenges for the barefoot runner, last year did, but this winter was even worse.
After the prolonged cold weather I was then really quite poorly and didn’t run for about a month at the beginning of the year. Even when I did read more
